The Federal Railroad Police was created in 1852.

With the Federal army having rebuilt the City Point Railroad, Grant was able to use mortars to attack Lee's entrenchments ; the most famous and largest mortar used during the Civil War, over 17, 000 pounds, was called the Dictator.

* December 26 – United States president Woodrow Wilson uses the Federal Possession and Control Act to place most U. S. railroads under the United States Railroad Administration, hoping to more efficiently transport troops and materials for the war effort.

* In the United States, the U. S. Department of Transportation defines high-speed rail as " reasonably expected to reach sustained speeds of more than ", although the Federal Railroad Administration uses a definition of above.

* Federal Railroad Administration ( FRA )

* Picture of Federal No. 1 Mine from Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad right-of-way commissioned series

In the United States, they are regulated by provision 213. 135 ( i ) of the Federal Railroad Administration Track Safety Standards.

* George Silverman, employed at the Railroad Retirement Board ; later worked with the Federal Coordinator of Transport, the United States Tariff Commission and the Labor Advisory Board of the National Recovery Administration.

Following the success of high-speed rail elsewhere, the US Federal Railroad Administration explored the possibilities of high-speed rail in the United States.

The tilting carriages are based upon Bombardier's earlier LRC trains used on Via Rail rather than the TGV's non-tilting articulated trailers, and the locomotives and passenger cars are much heavier than those of the TGV in order to meet the United States Federal Railroad Administration's different approach to rail crash standards.

This happened in 1953 to the Federal Express, a Pennsylvania Railroad train pulling in to Washington DC's Union Station, causing the train to crash into the passenger concourse and fall through the floor.

In addition, there are government-owned corporations such as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.

* Four passenger trains a day, and an overnight train ( The Federal ) ran between Washington, D. C. and New York ( Penn Station ) via the Pennsylvania Railroad and then through to Boston.

These were the last standard 10-6 sleepers in Amtrak operation and required a Federal Railroad Administration waiver to operate because of their direct-dump toilets.

The proposal for the grade crossing of New Jersey Transit's Atlantic City Line initially drew criticism from both the Delaware Valley Association of Rail Passengers and the Federal Railroad Administration because of the high amount of road and railroad traffic that would pass through the crossing.

* The Federal Railroad Disability Insurance program was enacted ( 1946 ).

Federal funds were secured to rebuild the Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad to permit speeds up to.

The facility is under a care, custody and control contract with the Federal Railroad Administration.

Some jobs have their own rules, for example the Federal Railroad Administration has a 0. 04 % limit for train crew.

On November 8, 2011, the US Federal Railroad Administration ( FRA ) put into effect new regulations on concrete ties, with notices published by the FRA in the April 1 and September 9, 2011 U. S. Federal Register.

A ruling by the United States ' Federal Railroad Administration ( FRA ) mandated a change in the target in the early 1930s, necessitating a change in the paint scheme from solid red to a black cross and border on a white background, but remained otherwise unchanged until another FRA ruling that changed the standard to the alternating red light system in use today.

Harpers Ferry ( originally Harper's Ferry ) is a small town at the confluence of the Potomac River and the Shenandoah River, the site of a historic Federal arsenal ( founded by President George Washington in 1799 ) and a bridge for the critical Baltimore and Ohio Railroad across the Potomac.

Moore advocated state aid supplemented by Federal land grants to promote railroad construction, and he particularly favored efforts of the Alabama and Alabama River Railroad to connect the northern and southern areas of the state.

Though at first the Court had accepted some of the New Deal legislation over the objections of the four conservative justices, in the 1935 term, the Four Horsemen, together with Roberts and Hughes, voided the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ( United States v. Butler, 297 U. S. 1 ( 1936 )), along with the Federal Farm Bankruptcy Act, the Railroad Act, and the Coal Mining Act.

Rock Island hired a new president and CEO, John W. Ingram, a former Federal Railway Administration ( FRA ) official.

As a result of this accident and a similar accident on the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway on January 8, 2005, the United States Federal Railroad Administration ( FRA ) released to railroads a reminder of federal regulations on procedures for turnout operation and safety procedures.

The railroad ceased to operate after the Federal Railroad Administration ( FRA ) imposed an emergency order to prevent operation over a swing bridge that was found to be structurally deficient.

He was recruited and strongly supported by John H. Riley, an attorney who was also the head of the Federal Railroad Administration ( FRA ) under the Reagan Administration from 1983 to 1989.

The Federal Railroad Administration ( FRA ) is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation.

* Federal Railroad Administration ( FRA )

* Federal Railroad Administration ( May 27, 2005 ), FRA Announces Infrastructure Improvement Grant for Alaska Railroad, Extension of Rail Line to be Studied.

* Federal Railroad Administration, US DOT ( June 30, 2005 ), FRA to Require Stronger “ Black Boxes ” and More Data Collection to Help Train Accident Investigations.

* Phase 2a: 1977-early 1979 — corrugated radiator intakes, Federal Railroad Administration ( FRA ) clean-cab modifications, which necessitated an 88 " long low short hood, notched stepwells, new battery box hinges.

In 1997 the Federal Railroad Administration ( FRA ) solicited proposals to develop high speed locomotives for routes outside the Northeast Corridor where electrification was not economical.

The Keystone Corridor is a Federal Railroad Administration ( FRA ) " designated high speed corridor " with a 349-mile ( 562 km ) railroad line between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with a top speed of.

The JetTrain originated in a 1997 Federal Railroad Administration ( FRA ) desire to develop high speed train services on routes outside the Northeast Corridor where route volumes might not be great enough to make electrification an option.

The locomotive, 100-years old as of July, 2007, was taken out of service in 2008 for a major overhaul and restoration, as required to meet Federal Railroad Administration ( FRA ) safety standards.

The Federal German government thus agreed to the 1990 Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany ( Two Plus Four Agreement ), which officially re-established both German states ' sovereignty.

* 1991 – The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany went into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany.

According to a report conducted by the ICTY entitled Final Report to the Prosecutor by the Committee Established to Review the NATO Bombing Campaign Against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia opined that, " Insofar as the attack actually was aimed at disrupting the communications network, it was legally acceptable " and that, " NATO ’ s targeting of the RTS building for propaganda purposes was an incidental ( albeit complementary ) aim of its primary goal of disabling the Serbian military command and control system and to destroy the nerve system and apparatus that keeps Milosević in power.

Text of the Final Regulations effective January 23, 2002 as published in the Federal Register.

Though the Federal Administrative Court of Germany has adjudged the expropriations political repression, the German courts have upheld the land reforms and rebuffed all claims for compensation, according to a — disputed — Soviet Aide-mémoire during the negotiations of the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany ( Two Plus Four Agreement ).

* Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA National Organic Program: Final Rule ( 7 CFR Part 205 ; Federal Register, Vol.

After the Federal Transit Administration approves the Final EIS, design and construction can start.

* 21 CFR Part 11 Electronic Records ; Electronic Signatures ; Final Rule Electronic Submissions ; Establishment of Public Docket ; Notice-as published in the Federal Register / Vol.

This funding along with a total of $ 55 million in local funding was matched with Federal funds and allowed the NCDA to enter Final Design.

The Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany, ( or the Two Plus Four Agreement, ; short: German Treaty ) was negotiated in 1990 between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic ( the titular " Two "), and the Four Powers which occupied Germany at the end of World War II in Europe: France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

The Federal Championship was won by Pro Vercelli, beating in the Final US Milanese, while Juventus was eliminated in the first round of Piedmont Group by Torino.

Final Guidance, “ Federal Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Reporting ”-This is the final notice to agencies to help them comply with an annual acoounting for Greenhouse Gases as required by Executive Order # 13514.

The NOP Final Rule was published in the Federal Register in 2000.

Final costs for the new station has not been announced, but secured funding includes a $ 10. 5 million grant from the U. S. Department of Transportation and a $ 2 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration -- totaling $ 12. 5 million in federal funds raised.

* Federal Railroad Administration ( March 18, 2005 ), Federal Railroad Administration Changes Effective Date of Interim Final Rule on Use of Train Horns.

* OMB, Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies, Final Guidelines, with Request for Comments ( Oct 1, 2001 )

* OMB, Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies, Final Guidelines ( corrected ), 67 Fed.

The following is based upon " Proposed Finding Against Federal Acknowledgment of the Webster / Dudley Band of Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck Indians " ( Oct. 2001 ) and reiterated in the " Final Determination to Decline Federal Acknowledgment of The Nipmuck Nation " ( June 2004 ) and as such represents the views of the Department of the Interior and may differ from the views of Nipmuc Nation representatives.