International Association of Sheet Metal

April 10, 2018
Freight

SMART union urges members on FRA interest in autonomous trains

The International Association of Sheet Metal Air Rail and Transportation (SMART) Workers urged union members to take notice of a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has request for information (RFI) about autonomous trains.

Commentary

April 11, 2014
C&S/IT

Data drought haunts FRA crew-size mandate

By the Federal Railroad Administration’s own congressional testimony, the years 2012 and 2013 were among the railroads’ safest on record, while the relatively few train crashes were mostly the result of human error and track defects.