...data set pertaining to Positive Train Control (PTC) implementation. The current data are revised to June 30, 2018 and show that the nation’s railroads are using PTC on 65% of the nation’s network, with twenty seven railroads including all the...
DG Digest: Global DG Updates, EPA Chief on Safer Choice Labeling, and OSHA to Tighten Fall Prevention Rules
The FRA announced that Amtrak delivered its PTC operating plan to the agency last week; one of the last big pieces of the PTC planning puzzle. Here Amtrak’s Empire Builder flies west over the river and through the woods in...
DG Digest: Injunction Halts Hazmat Tax, Joint PHMSA/OSHA Public Meetings Announced, and a Busy Week at the EPA
...receipt of Norfolk Southern Railroad’s PTC Implementation plan. The major eastern carrier becomes the latest Class One to submit the required plan to the FRA in reference to meeting the mandated December 2018 PTC implementation deadline nationwide for lines carrying...
DG Digest: FRA Grants, PHMSA Reverse Logistics, & D.O.T. Seeks Public's Help
The FRA kicked off April by announcing continued grant program funding availability to help the nation’s railroad’s meet the so-called “PTC Mandate” imposing new control requirements on trains, like this BNSF freight rolling along Puget Sound near Tacoma, Washington on...
DG Digest: FRA, PHMSA, TSA, FMCSA and OSHA Fines Increasing
...over the last two (count em’!) weeks: The FRA The Federal Railroad Administration is informing the public it has revised the Annual Positive Train Control (PTC) Progress Report Form (Form FRA F 6180.166. FRA revised the Annual PTC Progress Report...
DG Digest: FRA & PHMSA seek info on fully-automated transport systems
The FRA announced 4th Quarter 2017 PTC implementation progress on the nation’s railroads. BNSF Railway has announced its implementation is effectively completed, the first Class 1 railroad to do so. BNSF SD40-2 #1758 led a local train south in Sumner,...
DG Digest: STB's Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee to meet October 18th
...used for recordkeeping in relation to Positive Train Control System (PTC) maintenance issues. Railroads are required to update the FRA in reference to PTC issues as full implementation of the systems continues across the country. See the ICR here. Labelmaster...
DG Digest: IMO lists significant changes for the 39th Amendment of the IMDG Code
...changes, see more here FRA This agency issued a notice detailing the application procedures and requirements to obtain remaining grant funding for eligible positive train control (PTC) system projects of the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program. The...
DG Digest: Semi-annual regulatory agendas & the new PHMSA Lithium Battery Committee
The year closes out with a busy week; among the actions, the FRA published a notice revising the way railroads will report progress on PTC implementation. A BNSF freight train rumbles into the crossovers at CP Thomas in Auburn, Washington...
DG Digest: OSHA announces intent to harmonize with 7th Revision of GHS in 2019
...its grant administration process. This process is available to eligible industry stakeholders for help with everything from employee safety to PTC implementation, depending on the grant program. The ICR mandates that grant recipients provide feedback and accountability to the FRA...