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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) tasked the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe) to conduct an evaluation of the Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS) implementation processes, sustainability, and safety outcomes. The research team assessed program...
The Railroad Safety Board (Board) is the administrative body within FRA with the authority to decide waiver petitions, requests to modify or discontinue a railroad signal system (often referred to as “block signal applications”), and certain requests for special approval. Any person, including railroads and other parties subject to FRA’s requirements, may petition FRA for relief from an FRA regulation, order, or standard.
The New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ TRANSIT) was selected to receive funding under the FY 2022-23 Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program for the Northeast Corridor (FSP-NEC) for construction activities for the Delco Lead Project (Project) in the City of New Brunswick and North Brunswick Township, Middlesex County, NJ.
The Project consists of two components:
On August 25, 2021, at 5:08 p.m., CST, a collision involving three freight trains occurred at Milepost (MP) 429.752 on BNSF Railway Company’s (BNSF) St. Paul Subdivision, St. Paul, Minnesota.
On December 8, 2021, a fatal accident occurred involving an employee of the National Salvage and Service Corporation (NSSC), referred to as the decedent. The decedent, employed as a laborer since August 5, 2019, was responsible for grading, marking, cutting, and assisting with the stockpiling of...