CSXT FINED FOR GRADE CROSSING VIOLATIONS:
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has fined CSX Transportation (CSX) $227,000 for failure of a highway-rail grade crossing warning system to activate in advance of approaching trains in Fonda, New York.
The assessed civil penalties result from a federal investigation into a Febr.11, 2005, fatal train-vehicle collision.
FRA is assessing the statutory maximum of $27,000 for interference with the normal functioning of a grade crossing warning system that resulted in an activation failure, plus $5,000 for each of 30 counts for not reporting the activation failure within the required 15-day period.
An additional $5,000 for each of 10 counts is being assessed for previous events of interference with the normal functioning of a grade crossing warning system that resulted in a false activation at the same crossing.
[Federal Railroad Administration, 2-13-06]