21st Century Guide to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) - Railroad Safety and Technology Research and Development, Accident Investigations, ... Regulations (Core Federal Information Series)

This up-to-date and comprehensive CD-ROM provides extensive coverage of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) which has responsibility for ensuring railroad safety throughout the Nation. To monitor railroad compliance with federally mandated safety standards, FRA employs 400 inspectors operating out of 47 offices throughout the country. The documents in this collection are illustrated with color and black and white photography, charts, graphs and statistical tables. See the Table of Contents link for a thorough list of documents and topics; here is just a small sample of the material included:

FRA Team/FRA Offices: Administrator; Deputy Administrator; Civil Rights; Chief Counsel; Policy; Public Affairs; Safety; Railroad Development; Administration & Finance; Regional Offices

Safety: Accident Investigation; Drug and Alcohol Program; Hazardous Materials; Headquarters; Highway Rail Crossing Trespasser Division; Locomotive Engineer Certification; Motive Power and Equipment; Operating Practices Division; Planning & Evaluation; Regional; Track; Safety Analysis; Signal & Train Control; Systems Support Division

Railroad Development: Environment; Financial Assistance; Passenger Rail; Research and Development; Technology Deployment

Passenger Rail: Alaska Railroad; Amtrak; High Speed Rail; Maglev

Passenger Rail Technology Development: Advanced Train Control; Non-Electric Locomotives; Grade Crossing Hazard Mitigation; Enhanced Track and Structures; NDGPS; BAA (Broad Agency Announcement)

Regulations, Orders, and Notices: Legislation about Railroads; Emergency Orders; 1995 through 2000 Federal Register Notices; 1998 through 2000 Regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

The documents are reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Apple Macintosh systems. Reader software is included on the CD-ROM.

Our CD-ROMs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government.. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust.

Please note that this material is also published under another title (Railfan Guide to FRA, ISBN 1592480705).