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16 Jun 1999

Safety Advisories

Safety practices related to the lifting or jacking of railroad equipment in order to remove trucks or repair other components on a piece of railroad equipment which require individuals to work beneath railroad equipment while it is raised

Subject Motive Power and Equipment

Safety Advisory Number
99-01

24 Dec 1998

Safety Advisories

Safe use of prescription and over-the-counter drugs by safety-sensitive railroad employees

Subject Operating Practices, Signal and Train Control

Keywords: Drug and Alcohol Program

Safety Advisory Number
98-03

1 Jun 1998

Safety Advisories

Addressing Safety Practices to Reduce the Risk of Casualties caused by Failure to Activate the Available Two-Way End-of-Train Telemetry Device (Two-Way EOT) to Initiate an Emergency Break Application Beginning at the Rear of the Train when Circumstances R

Subject Risk Reduction Program, Safety Advisories

Safety Advisory Number
98-02

28 May 1998

Safety Advisories

Vision standards of certified locomotive engineers in order to reduce the risk of accidents arising from vision impaired engineers

Subject Operating Practices

Safety Advisory Number
98-01

18 Sep 1997

Safety Advisories

Safety practices to reduce the risk of accidents arising from the authorization of train movements past stop indications of absolute signals.

Subject Operating Practices

Keywords: Signal and Train Control

Safety Advisory Number
97-03