Rail Runner´s run-in with federal safety mandate
(World News USA)

Rio Metro - the agency that runs the railroad connecting Belen, Albuquerque and Santa Fe - has until the end of next year to install equipment designed to automatically slow trains when they reach unsafe speeds and prevent them from crashing into each other. Advertisement Continue reading The local transit district has had more than eight years to develop a plan to comply with the mandate, and the Federal Railroad Administration appears to be running out of patience. It rejected a recent exemption request by Rio Metro and granted only a fraction of the funding sought by the agency. But Rio Metro says it may be approaching a solution: The agency now receives an extra $4 million annually in...