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8 Mar 2006

Safety Advisories

Provides the industry additional information on the potential catastrophic failure of certain railroad freight car side frame castings manufactured by National Castings of Mexico's (NCM) Sahagun, Mexico facility and Buckeye Steel Castings' (Buckeye)

Subject Motive Power and Equipment

Keywords: side frames; bolster; crack ; derailment ; critical load bearing

Safety Advisory Number
2006-01

6 Oct 2005

Safety Advisories

Advises shippers, consignees, and railroads of the dangers of allowing cars of "time-sensitive" chemicals to remain undelivered beyond their anticipated date of placement and to recommend enhanced procedures to avoid such occurrences

Subject Hazardous Materials

Keywords: Hazardous Materials; flammable liquid ; tank car ; styrene monomer ; exclusion zone

Safety Advisory Number
2005-04

2 May 2005

Safety Advisories

Facilitates improved cooperation in the investigation of collisions at highway-rail grade crossings

Subject Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, Signal and Train Control

Keywords: Highway-Rail Grade Crossings; investigation ; collision ; locomotive-mounted recording device ; waring system malfunction

Safety Advisory Number
2005-03

20 Apr 2005

Safety Advisories

Provides information on the potential catastrophic failure of locomotive main reservoir tanks manufactured by R&R Metal Fabricators, Incorporated, and installed on General Electric Transportation System (GETS) locomotives

Subject Motive Power and Equipment

Keywords: Locomotive Safety Standards; General electric Transport Systems; GETS; main resevoir ; R&R metal fabricators

Safety Advisory Number
2005-02

10 Jan 2005

Safety Advisories

Advising all railroads to review their operating rules and take certain other action necessary to ensure that train crews who operate manual (hand-operated) main track switches in non-signaled territory restore the switches to their normal position after

Subject Operating Practices

Keywords: Signal and Train Control; non-signaled territory ; manual ; hand-operated

Safety Advisory Number
2005-01