TRB’s National Cooperative Rail Research Program (NCRRP) Legal Research Digest (LRD) 3: Issues that Emerge When Public Entities Acquire a Real Property Interest in Rail Lines presents potential issues and solutions that may emerge when state and local governments seek to acquire real property interests from an operating railroad in active rail corridors. The report also includes an annotated term sheet template for pursuit of the transaction.

TRB’s National Cooperative Rail Research Program (NCRRP) Legal Research Digest 2: Railroad Legal Issues and Resources presents legal issues of importance that attorneys may encounter when representing both freight and passenger railroad owners, and operators involved in railroad-related transactions. Issues explored in the report range from abandonment and discontinuance to constitutional law, construction, contracts, interaction with regulatory agencies, safety, retirement, and numerous other subjects. ...

TRB’s National Cooperative Rail Research Project (NCRRP) Legal Research Digest 1: Buy America Requirements for Federally Funded Rail Projects evaluates and analyzes the requirements of four existing Buy America programs applicable to passenger and freight rail systems, each of which present different regulatory and statutory requirements.