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Single Person Crews

(*Original issue date was June 6, 1995, and signed by Edward R. English, Director, Office of Safety Enforcement)

Movement Within Yard Limits -- Signaled Territory

The attached letter to the Illinois Central Railroad addresses the issue of how trains and engines are expected to move within yard limits in signaled territory. This Technical Bulletin amplifies the guidance previously issued from this office in a letter to the General Code of Operating Rules...

Settlement of Fine-Contaminated Ballast

In 2017, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) constructed and performed ongoing initial tests on a “Rainy Section” of track in the Facility of Accelerated Service Testing (FAST) to quantify the drainage, accelerated settlement, and dynamic...