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27 Oct 2000

Safety Advisories

Safety practices to reduce the risk of serious injury or death both to railroad employees engaged in switching operations and to the general public

Subject Operating Practices, Switching Operations

Keywords: railroad switching operations ; SOFA ; SOFA Matrix; locomotive engineer; foul track

Safety Advisory Number
2000-03

25 May 2000

Safety Advisories

Addressing recommended replacement of certain components in Harmon Industries' "Electro Code 4"' and "Electro Code 4 Plus" intermediate signal units

Subject Signal and Train Control

Keywords: Signal and Train Control; symmetry distortion ; signal lighting ;

Safety Advisory Number
2000-02

18 May 2000

Safety Advisories

Addressed the Securement of Lift Rods on RoadRailer Trailers in order to Prevent the Highway Tandem Wheels on these Trailers from Falling to the Rails on Moving Trains

Subject Safety Advisories

Keywords: highway tandem wheels

Safety Advisory Number
99-03A

11 May 2000

Safety Advisories

Safety concerns involving Model B1 relays, manufactured by General Railway Signal (GRS), between the years 1960 and 1985, and their potential to stick and remain in the energized position. ALSTOM Signaling,Inc., which has acquired GRS, estimates that app

Subject Signal and Train Control

Keywords: Signal and Train Control; GRS ;� relay failure; B1 relay

Safety Advisory Number
2000-01

20 Jan 2000

Emergency Orders

Oregon Pacific Railroad; Notice of Relief from Emergency Order No. 22

Subject Bridge and Structures Safety

Emergency Order Number
Emergency Order 22, Notice 2