Positive Train Control (PTC) Monitoring and Analysis of the Integrated Network (MAIN) - Phase I

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) to research current railroad efforts for monitoring, troubleshooting, and analyzing their Positive Train Control (PTC) systems. TTCI reviewed the PTC monitoring, troubleshooting, and analysis...

Training Standards Rule

Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 243, Training, Qualifications, and Oversight for Safety-Related Railroad Employees requires each railroad or contractor that employs one or more safety-related railroad employees to develop and submit certain training programs to FRA for approval, and to designate the minimum training qualifications for each occupational category of employee. The regulation also requires most employers to conduct periodic oversight of their employees.

Example OJT Standards for Conductors

Example OJT Standards for Signal Maintenance Personnel

Example OJT Standards for Grade Crossing Safety Maintenance Personnel

Example OJT Standards for Locomotive Engineers

Example OJT Standards for Mechanical Employees

Example OJT Standards for Roadway Workers

Example OJT Standards for Track Inspectors

Advance Tank Car Cooperative Research Project (ATCCRP)

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