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1 Sep 2009

Research Results

Improved Safety Culture and Labor-Management Relations Attributed to Changing At-Risk Behavior Process at Union Pacific

Author
Michael Coplen, Joyce Ranney and Michael Zuschlag

Subject Human Factors

Keywords: railroad safety culture, behavior-based safety (BBS), continuous improvement, safety leadership, Clear Signal for Action (CSA), observation-feedback, lessons learned

Report Number
RR09-19
Office
RDI-24

1 Sep 2009

Research Results

Locomotive Exhaust Emissions

Author
John Punwani

Keywords: Locomotive emissions, emissions measurement, on-board, in-use, brake specific emissions, duty cycle emissions

Report Number
RR09-18
Office
RDI-22

1 Sep 2009

Other Reports

Quantifying and Enhancing Puncture Resistance in Railroad Tank Cars Carrying Hazardous Materials: Phase I

Author
Steven W. Kirkpatrick

Subject Hazardous Materials

Report Number
RTDF2009-18016
Office
RRD

1 Sep 2009

Research Results

Radio Frequency Identification to Track Freight Car Truck Components at the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing

Author
Luis Maal

Keywords: Radio frequency identification

Report Number
RR08-14
Office
RDI-21

1 Sep 2009

Research Results

A Practical Risk Assessment Methodology for Safety-Critical Train Control Systems

Author
Terry Tse

Subject Human Factors

Keywords: Safety-critical, hazard, risk assessment, base case risk, proposed case risk, cause-consequence analysis, event tree analysis, FRA Rule 49CFR-236H

Report Number
RR09-17
Office
RDI-23