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Notice of Safety Advisory

Notice of safety advisory.

FRA is issuing Safety Advisory 98-2 addressing safety practices to reduce the risk of casualties caused by failure to activate the available two-way end-of-train telemetry device (two-way EOT) to initiate an emergency brake application beginning at the rear of the train when circumstances require an emergency application of the train airbrakes.

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