🚆Administrative Updates to Railroad Operating Practices Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's railroad operating practices regulations, including updating addresses.
Learn More🚦Proposed Repeal of Outdated Railroad Safety Regulations
FRA proposes to repeal several roadway workplace safety requirements that have become obsolete. In addition, FRA proposes to establish a new special approval procedure to enable regulated entities, after public notice and FRA approval, to utilize an alternative approach to bridge worker safety that provides for an equivalent or better level of safety. Also, this rule proposes to clarify that the required training for operators of roadway maintenance machines equipped with a crane includes specific aspects such as maintaining vertical clearance.
Learn More🚂Administrative Updates to Grade Crossing Safety Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's grade crossing safety regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🚦Administrative Updates to Railroad Workplace Safety Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's railroad workplace safety regulations, including updating addresses.
Learn More🚂Administrative Updates to Signal and Train Control Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's signal and train control regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🚆Administrative Updates to Passenger Train Emergency Preparedness Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's passenger train emergency preparedness regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🚂FRA Proposes Regulatory Relief for End-of-Car Cushioning Units
FRA proposes to amend regulations concerning freight car draft arrangement and end-of-car cushioning units (EOCCs) to make regulatory relief now provided by waiver permanent. The amendments would allow a freight car to remain in service if the EOCC is operative and equipped with a unit condition indicator (UCI) that indicates a non-discharged EOCC. This change would permit those EOCCs to remain in service despite the presence of clearly formed oil droplets on the unit. The amendments, if finalized, preserve the requirement to repair or replace an EOCC with clearly formed oil droplets if the unit does not have a UCI.
Learn More🚂FRA Proposes to Repeal Track Surface Requirement - Business Impact
FRA proposes to repeal the runoff parameter from its track surface requirements for track Classes 1 through 5. FRA has found that other geometry requirements in FRA's regulations already capture the same safety concerns.
Learn More🚂Proposed Rule to Remove Stenciling for Tourist-Use Freight Cars
FRA proposes to exclude railroad freight cars used exclusively for tourist, historic, excursion, educational, recreational, or private purposes and that are not interchanged from the requirement that all restricted freight cars, including cars more than 50 years old, be stenciled with specific information.
Learn More🚆Final Rule on Federal Railroad Track Safety Standards Updates
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's track safety standards, including updating addresses.
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