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Low-Speed Wheel-Climb Derailments of Passenger Equipment With ‘‘Stiff’’ Suspension Systems
FRA is issuing Safety Advisory 2013–02 to alert railroads and other industry members about low-speed, wheel-climb derailments of certain passenger equipment designs having ‘‘stiff’’ suspension systems.Survey of Northeast Regional and Intercity Household Travel Attitudes and Behavior
For more information about the Federal Railroad Administration-led, multi-state Northeast Corridor planning effort, visit NEC FUTURE's website.
Criteria and procedures for validating biomathematical models of human performance and fatigue: Procedures for analysis of work schedules
Each railroad covered by 49 CFR 228.407 must perform an analysis of the work schedules of its train employees who are engaged in commuter or intercity rail passenger transportation and identify those schedules that, if worked by such a train employee, may be at risk for a level of fatigue at...