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There’s also the other way around it, which is just allowing both regulatory regimes. The FRA basically just did this for European rail vehicle standards, whic
by bobthepanda 3y ago
There’s also the other way around it, which is just allowing both regulatory regimes.
The FRA basically just did this for European rail vehicle standards, which are different than US ones significantly. The issue is that the US market is generally too thin to support US-specific passenger rail manufacturers who would happily comply.
- hiAndrewQuinn 3y agoReally! I could use a link if you have one.
- bobthepanda 3y agoHere's the final rule: https://railroads.dot.gov/regulations/federal-register-documents/2018-25020 https://railroads.dot.gov/regulations/federal-register-docum... It mostly legalizes European trainsets with minor adjustments, though Japanese sets would need significant reworking since they follow yet another standard. But this is important, because an FRA-compliant vehicle at 220MPH basically does not exist, and those have become legal if in their own exclusive right-of-way; and alternative compliance trainsets can now operate with regular American freight trains below 125MPH, which is basically the entirety of the network today anyways.