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1 Jan 1999

Technical Reports

Freight Car Reflectorization

Author
Anya A. Carroll, Jordan Multer, Debra Williams, Melvin A. Yaffee

Subject Freight Operations, Grade Crossing Technology, Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems, Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, Human Factors

Keywords: Highway-railroad crossing safety; Railroad safety research; Conspicuity; Visibility; Retroreflective

Abstract:

Researchers evaluated the detectability of several designs of freight car retroreflectors to enhance train visibility using human factors testing.

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-98/11
Office
RRD

5 Dec 1998

Emergency Orders

Florida East Coast Railway Company; Emergency Order Requiring Use of Train Borne Audible Warning Devices.

Subject Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems, Operating Practices, Train Horn Noise

Keywords: THR

Emergency Order Number
Emergency Order 14, Notice No. 5

1 Oct 1998

Technical Reports

Evaluation of Retroreflective Markings to Increase Rail Car Conspicuity - Safety of Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings

Author
Robert E. Ford, Stephen H. Richards, John C. Hungerford

Subject Grade Crossing Technology, Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems, Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, Human Factors

Keywords: Conspicuity, Grade Crossings, Normal Group Technique, Rail Cars, Reflectorization

Abstract:

This study evaluates whether retroreflective markings increased the visibility of railcars at night.

Report Number
DOT-VNTSC-RR897-PM-98-22
Office
RRD

1 Jun 1998

Technical Reports

Field Evaluation of a Wayside Horn at a Highway-Railroad Grade Crossing

Author
Jordan Multer and Amanda Rapoza

Subject Freight Operations, Grade Crossing Technology, Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems, Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, Human Factors

Keywords: auditory warning, community noise impact, highway-railroad grade crossings, safety, train horn,

Abstract:

This report examines whether the use of a stationary horn at grade crossings reduces community noise impacts or affects motorist safety.

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-98/04
Office
RRD

1 Apr 1998

Other Reports

Model Legislation for Railroad Trespass and Railroad Vandalism

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, Trespasser Programs

Abstract: By 1994, the Nation had experienced four consecutive years in which more than 1,000 people were either killed or seriously injured while trespassing on railroad property other th....

Office
RRS