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Validation and Calibration of a Fatigue Assessment Tool for Railroad Work Schedules, Final Report
This report summarizes the results of a project to demonstrate a method to validate and calibrate a fatigue model. The project examined 30-day work histories of locomotive crews prior to 400 human factors accidents and 1000 nonhuman factors accidents. A biomathematical fatigue model estimated crew...New Bridge in Durham Will Improve Safety, Reliability and Boost Local Economy
DURHAM, N.C. – Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph C. Szabo today participated in the groundbreaking for a new $24 million railroad bridge at Hopson Road in Durham that will make train and vehicular travel safer and faster while boosting the local economy.
“Safety is our...