Railroad News Archive

'Todays tip: Take extra care at railroad crossings (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
Winter weather and potentially slippery road conditions require drivers to be especially careful when approaching railroad crossings. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation suggests the following safety tips:

'Rail preservationists save small slice of valley railroad (Glenwood Springs Post Independent)
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. ? Preservationists once dreamed of saving miles of railroad tracks along the Roaring Fork Valley corridor. They'll have to settle for several city blocks' worth instead.

'Railroad Association Joins Gap Discussion (WNYC New York Public Radio)
A railroad industry group wants to develop the first national safety standards for dealing with dangerous train platform gaps. The American Public Transportation Association says that could accelerat....

'Federal Government Will Regulate Railroad Hours of Service and Increase Focus on Safety Risk Reduction, Under the ... (U.S. Department of Transportation)
For the first time ever the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will have authority to regulate railroad worker hours of service and will provide greater focus on risk reduction to improve safety in the railroad industry under a rail safety reauthorization bill submitted to the Congress today, announced FRA Administrator Joseph H. Boardman.

'Ulterior Motives in the Construction of the Qingzang Railroad in Tibet (The Epoch Times)
Why is China spending so much money on the construction of the Qingzang railroad, a railroad that connects the Qinghai Province and Tibet?Chinese geologists provide the answer: a large number of...