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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
27
Sep
2019
Technical Reports
Why Do Passenger Trains Run through Switches in the Rail Yard?
Subject
Human Factors
Keywords: Run through switch, switch points, yard crews, passenger rail, systems-theoretic process analysis, STPA, STAMP, systems-theoretic accident model and processes
Abstract: This study examined why crews working in yard operations run through switches in the wrong direction or run through damaged switches. Running through a switch in the wrong...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/37
Office
RDI-24
2
May
2018
Accident Investigations
HQ-2018-1266 (Finalized)
Subject
Accident Investigations,
Fatigue Management,
Human Factors,
Switching Operations
Keywords: derailment; BNSF Railway Company; Saginaw, TX; human factors
Abstract: At approximately 1:30 a.m., CDT, BNSF Railway (BNSF) derailed 18 railcars in the Saginaw, Texas Yard, at Milepost (MP) 351.4 on the Ft. Worth Subdivision. The switch crew handling...
Accident Date
Accident Type
Derailment (DRM)
Railroad Name
BNSF Railway Company
Location
Saginaw, TX
United States
Accident Number
HQ-2018-1266
Investigation Status
Finalized
26
Feb
2018
Technical Reports
An Acquisition Approach to Adopting Human Systems Integration in the Railroad Industry
Subject
Human Factors
Keywords: Human Systems Integration, HSI, human factors, systems engineering, procurement process, human-centered design
Abstract: This report provides guidance on how the railroad industry can develop safer systems by acquiring new equipment based on human-centered design practices, or Human Systems...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/05
Office
RDI-24
1
Dec
2013
Accident Investigations
19287
Subject
Accident Investigations,
Hazardous Materials,
Human Factors,
Sleep Disorders
Keywords: Accident Investigations, Hazardous Materials, Sleep Apnea
Abstract: On December 1, 2013, at 7:19 a.m., EST, a southbound Metro-North Railroad (MNCW) passenger train, number 8808, derailed in Bronx, New York, on Main Track Number 2. The derailment...
Accident Date
Accident Type
Derailment (DRM)
Railroad Name
Metro North Commuter Railroad Company
Location
Bronx, NY
United States
Accident Number
DRM_2013_28 (Summary Report)
Investigation Status
Finalized