FTA is prohibited by law from awarding new federal transit funds to any transit provider in a state that fails to meet the deadline, until certification is achieved.
At the direction of Secretary Elaine L. Chao, the FRA is taking a proactive approach to ensure railroads acquire, install, test, and fully implement certified PTC systems in time to meet the congressional interim deadline of Dec. 31, 2018.
Train conductors answer questions about the safest place to sit in the railcar and whether a "sick person" is a euphemism for something else.
The incident, which occurred at around 6:40 a.m., resulted from a "mechanical issue."
Amtrak train 91 should have been on the main line, but it was directed to tracks just east of it, where a CSX train was parked.
The chartered train was carrying lawmakers to a retreat in West Virginia.
Hundreds of deer stray onto train tracks every year causing widespread rail disruption.
Marc Garneau wants to see the video recorders put on locomotives running in Canada and he's also open to adding them to airplanes as well.
Metro’s CEO Tom Lambert told the Chronicle that 60% of the agency’s accidents are illegal left turns along the rail corridor, which is what the agency will focus its increased efforts on.
Inward-facing video with audio captured the crew’s actions and their conversations.
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