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Reference Materials
Midwest Regional Rail Initiative Executive Report
Keywords: Midwest Regional Rail Iniitiative, Executive Report, strategic assessment, next generation
Abstract: The Midwest Regional Rail Initiative is an ongoing effort to develop an expanded and improved passenger rail system in the Midwest. The sponsors of the Midwest Regional Rail...
Technical Reports
The Effects of Work Schedule on Train Handling Performance and Sleep of Locomotive Engineers: A Simulator Study.
Keywords: locomotive engineers; fatigue; work schedules, hours of service; sleep, RALES simulator; work performance; train-handling; alertness; ciradian rythms, safety
Abstract: Current Federal regulations governing Hours of Service for locomotive engineers allow work schedules that have backwards rotating shift start times. Locomotive engineers who work...
Reports to Congress
A Review of Amtrak's On-Time Performance
Keywords: Performance, Amtrak, freight, carrier, trends
Abstract: ...The freight railroads have been responsive. Recent statistics suggest a reversal in declining on-time performance trends. In each of the last three quarters, system-wide on-...
Technical Reports
Northeast Corridor Improvement Project Electrification - New Haven, CT to Boston, MA: Final Environmental Impact Report, Supplement
Keywords: National Environmental Policy Act, Scoping Alternatives, Catenary System
Abstract: This document is a supplement to the final environmental impact report (FEIR) published in October 1994 on the proposal by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to...
Technical Reports
Northeast Corridor Improvement Project Electrifiction - New Haven, CT to Boston: Final Environmental Impact Statement/Report and 4(f) Statement Volume I
Keywords: National Environmental Policy Act, Scoping, Alternatives, Catenary System
Abstract: This document is the final environmental impact statement and final environmental impact report (FEIS/R) on the proposal by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak...