Operating Rules


Document No.
Title
Country of Origin
Year of Pub
Pages
Price
RA770005 Amtrak Training: Improvements Needed for Employees Who Inspect and Maintain Rail Equipment USA 1992 37 $28.50
RA600046 Collision Between Union Pacific Freight Trains MKSNP-01 and ZSEME-29 near Delia, Kansas on July 2, 1997
Cause:  Failure of the NP-01 engineer to stop at the Stop Signal, enabled by the failure of Union Pacific management to ensure redundant safety systems for train operations and control, including effective crew resource management techniques and technological advances for crew alertness.  Contributing to the collision and derailment was the failure of the Federal Railroad Administration and the railroad industry to aggressively develop and implement a positive train separation control system.
USA 1999 52 $31.50
RA600049 Collision Involving Three Conrail Freight Trains Operating in Fog on a Double Main Track near Bryan, Ohio on January 17, 1999
Cause:  Failure of the crew of train Mail-9 to comply with restrictive signal indications while operating at or near maximum authorized speed in dense fog.  Contributing to the accident was the lack of uniformity and consistency in the operating practices of Conrail train crews when they encountered conditions of reduced visibility.  Also contributing to the accident was the lack of a backup safety system that would have helped alert the crewmembers of train Mail-9 to the restrictive signal indications.
USA 2001 63 $31.50
RA600044 Collision of Norfolk Southern Train 255L5 with Conrail Train TV-220 near Butler, Indiana - March 25, 1998
Cause:  Train crew failed to operate train in accordance with signal indication, failed to properly supervise student engineer, signal maintenance personnel failed to respond to a reported signal deficiency.
USA 1999 61 $31.50
RA770006 Compliance With Railroad Operating Rules and Corporate Culture Influences - Results of a Focus Group and Structured Interviews USA 1999 31 $28.50
RA770004 Closing the Knowledge Gap for Transit Maintenance Employees: A Systems Approach USA 1998 61 $31.50
RA600050 Derailment of Amtrak Train 21 on the Union Pacific Railroad at Arlington, Texas on December 20, 1998
Cause:  (1) track conditions that were inadequate for the speed of the train, (2) the decision of the dispatcher to delay notifying track dept. personnel that a train crew had reported encountering rough track, (3) the inadequate effort on the part of the engineer of Amtrak train 22 to contact the dispatcher to report the observed track defect and its location, (4) the failure of the tamper operator to adequately resurface the track 4 days before the accident, (5) inadequate Union Pacific Railroad oversight of track maintenance work, (6) inadequate Union Pacific Railroad requirements for restricting train speed over track with reported rough conditions until track dept. personnel can assess track condition.
USA 2001 44 $25.50
RA610031 Evaluation of U.S. Department of Transportation Efforts in the 1990s to Address Operator Fatigue USA 1999 113 $36.50
RA760002 Human Fatigue Research in Railroad Operations:
Bibliography
USA 1999 4 $15.00
RA630013 Improving Transportation Through Railroad Research: 1988 - 1991 USA 1992 78 $34.00
RA630012 Railroad Safety: U.S. - Canadian Comparison USA 1979 107
RA770010 Reliance and Distraction Effects in PTC Automation  USA 1999 20 $15.00
RA610012 Signals and Operating Rules as Causal Factors in Train Accidents USA 1971 15 $15.00
RA770007 Switching Operations Fatality Analysis - Findings and Recommendations of the SOFA Working Group USA 2000 131 $41.00
RA770002 Training Requirements for Railroad Dispatchers: Objectives, Syllabi and Test Designs USA 1998 156 $41.00

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