WASHINGTON - The Federal Railroad Administration today (Dec. 5) approved a five-year waiver allowing expanded use of automatic track inspection, ending a long period when the FRA had not acted on ...

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COLUMBIANA – With the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) weighing the benefits of automated track inspection technology, rail labor unions are speaking out against it, citing both concerns of ...

The nation's freight railroads are going to be able to try relying more on technology and inspect their tracks in person less often after the federal government approved their waiver request on Friday ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The nation’s freight railroads are going to ...