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Conductor Certification

FRA proposes to prescribe regulations for certification of conductors, as required by the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008. The proposed rule would require railroads to have a formal program for certifying conductors. As part of that program, railroads would be required to have a formal...

Bridge Safety Standards

FRA is proposing to standardize and establish Federal requirements for railroad bridges. This proposed rule would require track owners to implement bridge management programs that include annual inspections of railroad bridges. The proposed rule would also require track owners to know the safe...

Accident Reporting

FRA proposes to amend the railroad accident reporting rules in several ways: requiring the adoption of internal control procedures, allowing the submission of reports on computer diskettes or magnetic tapes, revising accident and injury reporting forms, revising recordkeeping requirements, and...

Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings

FRA is issuing rules to require that a locomotive horn be sounded while a train is approaching and entering a public highway-rail crossing. The rules also provide for an exception to the above requirement in circumstances in which there is not a significant risk of loss of life or serious...

U.S. Locational Requirement for Dispatching of U.S. Rail Operations

This Interim Final Rule adds a new regulation that requires all dispatching of railroad operations that occur in the United States to be performed in the United States, with three minor exceptions. First, a railroad is allowed to conduct dispatching of railroad operations in the United States...