FRA Administrator Announces Hazmat Plea Agreement by Missouri Firm

Tuesday, August 10, 1999 (Washington, DC)

Federal Railroad Administrator Jolene M. Molitoris today joined United States Attorney Edward L. Dowd Jr. and Missouri’s Division of Motor Carrier and Railroad Safety Director Stephen R. Waters to report that Superior Hauling and Fast...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Funding of Partnership With Bombardier Transit Systems To Build High-Speed Passenger Locomotive

Friday, August 13, 1999 (Washington, DC)

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater today announced the award of $7 million in federal funding to continue the partnership between the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Bombardier Transit Corporation in producing a prototype...

FRA RELEASES SAFETY REPORT ON UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD AUDIT

Wednesday, February 25, 1998 (Washington, DC) Progress Noted on UP Safety Assurance Measures FRA RELEASES SAFETY REPORT ON UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD AUDIT

Continuing its comprehensive review of safety on the Union Pacific Railroad, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today released a...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Project To Conduct Passenger Rail Car Crash Tests

Monday, August 30, 1999 (Washington, DC)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced a public-private partnership to improve rail passenger safety by conducting a series of full-scale passenger train crash tests this fall at the DOT Transportation Technology Center (...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Federal Railroad Administration Initiative To Reduce Accidents Involving Human Error

Thursday, September 23, 1999 (Washington, DC )

U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is expanding its safety oversight to include activities specifically targeted at reducing railroad accidents caused by human error...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Report Showing Dramatic Improvement In Rail Safety

Friday, October 01, 1999 (Washington DC )

U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater and Federal Railroad Administrator Jolene M. Molitoris today announced the publication of a new report showing dramatic improvement in the safety of the nation’s railroads as a result of the...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Grant to Virginia for Tourist Train Feasibility Study

Friday, October 01, 1999 (Washington, DC )

U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced a $27,000 Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) grant to the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation to conduct a feasibility study and prepare an implementation plan...

U. S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Non-Electric High-Speed Passenger Rail Demonstration Project

Thursday, October 07, 1999 (Washington, DC)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced an aggressive schedule to begin testing and demonstration of a prototype high-speed non-electric passenger locomotive on high-speed rail passenger corridors.

"High-speed...

U. S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Y2K Readiness Assessment of Major Freight Railroads

Friday, October 08, 1999 (Washington, DC )

U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced publication of an independent Y2K readiness assessment of America’s four largest freight railroads: Burlington Northern Santa Fe, CSX, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific....

U.S. Transportation Secretary Announces Contract for Rails-With-Trails Best Practices Report

Friday, October 08, 1999 (Washington DC)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced the award of a $340,000 Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) contract to Alta Transportation Consulting of San Rafael, Calif., for the development of a best practices report that will...