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Preliminary Development of a Railroad Dispatcher Taskload Assessment Tool: Identification of Dispatcher Tasks and Data Collection Methods

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The Impact of Participatory Safety Rules Revision on Incident Rates, Liability Claims, and Safety Culture in the U.S. Railroad Industry

The Federal Railroad Administration Human Factors Research and Development Program sponsored a lessons learned study to examine the impact of safety rules revision on safety culture, incident rates, and liability claims in the railroad industry. Safety rules revision identifies key rules that are...

Human Error Investigation Software Tool (HEIST)

Human factors are a leading cause of train accidents and incidents in the United States. Human factors go beyond the crewmembers who operate the on-track equipment. They include management support and oversight, operating practices and procedures, technologies and facilities, and the work culture—...

Conceptual Development Impact Overload Detection Devices for Tank Car Service

The objective of this project was to develop concepts for mechanical and electronic systems that can detect yard or in-train impacts that exceed design load or other reasonable limits on tank cars. The project team developed some mechanical and electronic systems for detecting overload impacts. For...

In-Track Demonstration of Laser-Treated Rail to Reduce Friction and Wear

In-track evaluations of a laser-treated rail intended to provide a permanent reduction of the friction level and increased wear life were conducted at the Transportation Technology Center’s Facility for Accelerated Service Testing, Heavy Axle Load track in Pueblo, CO. These evaluations were...

Development of a Preliminary Set of Human Factors Functional Design Guidelines for Remote Control Locomotive Systems

Detailed Modeling of the Train-to-Train Impact Test: Rail Passenger Equipment Impact Tests

This report describes the results of a finite element-based analysis of the train-to-train impact test conducted at the Federal Railroad Administration’s Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, CO, on January 31, 2002. The ABAQUS/Explicit dynamic finite element code was used to simulate the...

Rail Crew Resource Management (CRM): The Business Case for CRM Training in the Railroad Industry

Crew Resource Management (CRM) is a human factors training process that has been employed in the commercial aviation industry for over 25 years. During that time period, CRM has been credited with contributing to a marked decrease in human factors-caused accidents. Military teams, commercial...

Tank Car Operating Environment Study: Phase I

This report documents the results of controlled testing conducted during the first phase of a tank car operating environment program involving the Association of American Railroads, the Railway Supply Institute (formerly the Railway Progress Institute), the Federal Railroad Administration, and...

In-Service, Over-the-Road Testing of One Car for Tank Car Operating Environment Study (Phase IIA) Test Results

This report documents the procedure and results of the controlled testing conducted during Phase II of a tank car operating environment program involving the Association of American Railroads, the Railway Supply Institute (formerly Railway Progress Institute), the Federal Railroad Administration,...

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