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Sep
2024
Technical Reports
Operation Lifesaver, Inc. Process Evaluation
Subject
Research,
Human Factors
Keywords: Evaluation, Operation Lifesaver, Inc., process evaluation, program evaluation, grant management, education, highway-railroad grade crossings, trespassing, railroad right-of-way
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration contracted Volpe National Transportation Systems Center to conduct a process evaluation of Operation Lifesaver, Inc.’s educational...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-24/34
Office
RDI-24
22
Aug
2024
Research Results
Expanding the Talent Pool: Tracks to the Future Program for High School Students
Subject
Research,
Human Factors
Keywords: Railway engineering education; workforce development; K-12 education; remote learning
Report Number
RR 24-08
Office
RDI-24
21
Feb
2023
Technical Reports
Stakeholder Perceptions of Longer Trains
Subject
Human Factors
Keywords: Safety, human factors, very long trains, VLT, train length, communications, in-train forces, blocked crossings, precision scheduled railroading, PSR
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-22/43
Office
RDI-24
17
Dec
2020
Technical Reports
Driver Behavior at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Using NDS and Driving Simulators
Subject
Grade Crossing Modeling and Simulation,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings,
Human Factors
Keywords: Grade crossing, traffic control device, average annual daily traffic, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, vehicle miles traveled, freight train miles
Abstract: Researchers used both naturalistic driving and simulator data to evaluate driver behavior at grade crossings. Most drivers did not look for trains or prepare to stop regardless...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-20/47
Office
RDI-24
25
Jan
2019
Accident Investigations
HQ-2019-1318 (Finalized)
Subject
Accident Investigations,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings,
Human Factors
Keywords: grade crossing incident; highway-rail grade crossing collision; Union Pacific; Athens, TX; school bus
Abstract: At 4:06 p.m., CST, a Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) westbound mixed freight train MPBLF-24 (Train 1), with 2 engines and 54 cars, collided with a southbound Athens...
Accident Date
Accident Type
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Incident (HRX)
Railroad Name
Union Pacific
Location
Athens, TX
United States
Accident Number
HQ-2019-1318
Investigation Status
Finalized