Libraries : Government Resources

Railroads and Trains

• Accidents and Incidents (Federal Railroad Administration)
• Amtrak
• Association of American Railroads Web
• Commuter Rail: Information and Guidance Could Help Facilitate Commuter and
  Rail Access Negotiations (General Accounting Office)
• An Evaluation of Railroad Safety, May 1978 (Office of Technology Assessment)
• Federal Railroad Administration
• Freight Rail Transportation: A Review of the 2004 Experience (Congressional Budget Office)
• Freight Rail Transportation: Long-Term Issues (Congressional Budget Office)
• Freight Railroads: Updated Information on Rates and Other Industry Trends, August 15, 2007
  (Government Accountability Office)
• Office of the Rail Regulator (United Kingdom)
• Passenger Rail Security: Enhanced Federal Leadership Needed to Prioritize and Guide
  Security Efforts (Government Accountability Office)
• Rail Safety: The Federal Railroad Administration Is Taking Steps to Better Target Its Oversight,
  but Assessment of Results Is Needed to Determine Impact (Government Accountability Office)
• Rail Security and the Terrorist Threat (Council on Foreign Relations)
• Rail Transport Accidents in the European Union in 2004-2005 (Eurostat)
• Rail-Trespasser Fatalities: Developing Demographic Profiles, November 2007 (Federal Railroad Administration)
• Railroad Bridges and Tunnels: Federal Role in Providing Safety Oversight and Freight Infrastructure
  Investment Could Be Better Targeted, August 2007 (Government Accountability Office)
• Railroad Dictionary (CSX))
• Railroad History
• Railroad Regulation: Changes in Freight Railroad Rates from 1997 Through 2000
  (General Accounting Office)
• Railroad Statistics (in Statistical Abstract of the United States)
• Railway Organisations (Research Paper, House of Commons Library, UK)
• Regional Road and Rail Transport Networks (Eurostat)
• Strategic Rail Authority (United Kingdom)
• Trains Transporting the Most Toxic Hazardous Materials Must Use Safest, Most Secure Route,
  April 16, 2008 (Federal Railroad Administration)
• Union Pacific Corporation
• VIA Rail Canada