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WASHINGTON, September 29, 2025 — Today, six new mechanical training courses, delivered in two pathways, were made available in the Short Line Training Center’s online Learning Management System (LMS). All six courses have been approved by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) as Part 243 compliant, as each includes required documentation such as an On-the-Job Training (OJT) checklist and exam. The seventh module released earlier this quarter, Part 214 Supplemental Training, may be customized by a railroad and used to train contractors on railroad-specific on-track safety procedures and rules.
WASHINGTON, August 7, 2025 — The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA), representing the nation’s 603 short line freight railroads, announced the 100th cosponsor of H.R. 516 – the Railroad Tax Maintenance Credit Modernization bill. Representatives Adam Gray [D-CA-13], Michael Lawler [R-NY-17], Frank Lucas [R-OK-3], Mary Miller [R-IL-15], Max Miller [R-OH-7], and Kim Schrier [D-WA-8] signed onto the bill on August 5th, joining 96 other bi-partisan cosponsors of a bill that would modernize a successful, decades long public-private partnership and sending the cosponsor count over the symbolic 100 marker.
Washington, D.C., October 30, 2025 – ASLRRA provided supplemental comments to Docket No. OSHA-2021-0009, the Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings proposed rulemaking. In these comments, ASLRRA refutes an unsubstantiated statement made by a SMART-TD representative during the public hearing on July 1, 2025, claiming that railroads were not accurately reporting heat-related illnesses and injuries. In fact, 49 C.F.R. Part 225 mandates that railroads provide FRA with accurate information concerning the hazards and risks that exist on the Nation’s railroads. Transparency is also prioritized, as the regulations require that accident/incident reports by railroads in compliance with the rules of Part 225 be made available to the public for inspection.
