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State Rail Plan Requirements

• FRA State Rail Plan Requirements per the Passenger
  Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008
  (pages 101 to 105): (PDF Format)

Rail Advocacy Organizations

• Train Riders, North East
  http://www.trainridersne.org/WebPages/index
  

• American Association of Railroads (AAR)
  http://www.aar.org/Homepage.aspx

• American Shortline and Regional Railroad Association (ASRRA)
  http://www.aslrra.org/home/index.cfm

• American Public Transportation Association (APTA)
  http://www.apta.com/

• One Rail Coalition – Freight and Passenger Rail Essentials for the Future
  http://onerail.org/

• North American Rail Shippers Association
  http://www.railshippers.com/regional/northeast/default.asp

Federal Rail Agencies

• Federal Railroad Authority (FRA)
  http://www.fra.dot.gov/

• FRA – Freight Railroad Overview
  http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/policy/freight2007revised.pdf

• FRA High-Speed Rail
  http://www.fra.dot.gov/US/content/31

• FRA – Corridor Transportation Planning Guide
  http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/1610

• Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
  http://www.fta.dot.gov/

• FTA – New Starts and Small Starts Programs
  http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/APTA_Annual_Meeting_10-04-08.ppt

• FTA – New Starts Guidance
  http://www.fta.dot.gov/planning/newstarts/planning_environment
  _213.html

• FTA – Small Starts Program
  http://www.fta.dot.gov/planning/newstarts/planning_environment
  _222.html

Rail Publications

• Progressive Railroading Magazine
  http://www.progressiverailroading.com/

• Railway Age
  http://railwayage.com/

• Trains Magazine
  http://www.trains.com/trn/

Maine Railroads

• Maine DOT Railroad Overview of Maine Railroads
  http://www.maine.gov/mdot/freight/railroading-history.php

  Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railroad
  http://www.mmarail.com/

  Pan Am Railway Company
  http://www.guilfordrail.com/

  St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railway
  http://www.gwrr.com/operations/railroads/
  north_america/st_lawrence_atlantic_railroad.be

  Eastern Maine Railway
   http://www.nbsouthern.com/
  nb-southern-railway-transport-about-serving-area.aspx

  Maine Eastern Railroad (ME)
  http://www.maineeasternrailroad.com/

  New Hampshire North Coast Corporation
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire_Northcoast_Corporation

  Turners Island, LLC  
  http://turnersisland.com/

  Amtrak
  http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/
  ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Route/
  Vertical_Route_Page&c=am2Route&cid=1081256321869&ssid=134

National Rail Studies of Interest

• NCHRP Report 586 – Rail Freight Solutions to Roadway Congestion
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_586.pdf

• NCHRP Synthesis 374 – Preserving Freight and Passenger Rail Corridors and Service
  http://www.trb.org/publications/nchrp/nchrp_syn_374.pdf

• American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) - Freight Bottom Line Report
  http://freight.transportation.org/doc/FreightRailReport.pdf

 

This page last updated on 11/19/09

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