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Grade Crossing Signal System Safety
On June 20, 1996, FRA published Interim Final Rule Amendments amending the regulations on grade crossing signal system safety. That rule required that railroads comply with specific maintenance, inspection, and testing requirements for active highway-rail grade crossing warning systems. The rule...Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brake Systems
FRA is issuing revisions to the regulations governing freight power brakes and equipment by adding a new subpart addressing electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brake systems. The revisions are designed to provide for and encourage the safe implementation and use of ECP brake system...Track Safety Standards; Inspections of Joints in Continuous Welded Rail (CWR)
FRA is amending the Federal Track Safety Standards to improve the inspection of rail joints in continuous welded rail (CWR). On November 2, 2005, FRA published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) addressing the inspection of rail joints in CWR. FRA requested comments on the provisions of the IFR and...Control of Alcohol and Drug Use: Expanded Application of FRA Alcohol and Drug Rules to Foreign Railroad Foreign-Based Employees Who Perform Train or Dispatching Service in the United States
FRA is issuing a final rule that differs from the 2001 proposal to narrow the scope of exemptions to FRA's regulation on the control of alcohol and drug use; the two most significant revisions are summarized below. First, the final rule allows foreign railroad foreign-based employees to enter...Conductor Certification
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