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2025 Annual Conference & Exhibition
Denver, CO | April 6-8
Virtual Reality Courses Now Available: Freight Car Familiarization; Locomotive Daily Inspection; Class I Airbrake Test & Inspection
FRA Drug & Alcohol (Part 219) and DER Roundtable
February 25-27 | San Diego, CA
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March 11-13 | San Diego, CA
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WASHINGTON, D.C., October 29, 2024 — Today, the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) celebrates the announcement of the Fiscal Year 2023 and 2024 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement (CRISI) grant awards. The Association offers its congratulations and appreciation to the Congressional leaders that created and funded the CRISI program, the FRA personnel that administer the program and select the awards, and the short line railroaders and their partners that applied for and will receive grant awards.
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 16, 2024 — ASLRRA participated in the hearing before the Surface Transportation Board entitled “Growth in the Freight Rail Industry", September 16 and 17, 2024. The hearing’s purpose was to gather information about recent trends and strategies for growth in the freight rail industry. In addition to ASLRRA, five member railroads testified to growth strategies being used on short lines. Click here for oral testimony, including those from five short line railroads.
Washington, D.C., November 13, 2024 – ASLRRA has filed a request with FRA in Docket numbers FRA-2024-0032: Track Geometry Measurement System Inspections, FRA-2023-0064: Positive Train Control Systems, and FRA-2024-0033: FRA’s Procedures for Waivers and Safety-Related Proceedings. ASLRRA explains that FRA has not provided sufficient time for meaningful engagement to provide the perspective and feedback from small business railroads. Moreover, ASLRRA notes that the FRA did not use the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC), which is a typical path to developing rulemakings with industry input, for any of the three filings. ASLRRA urges FRA to provide an additional 60 days for public comment in each of the three dockets.
