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3 Dec 2008

Safety Advisories

Refers to Vertical Handbrake Support Weld Failures

Subject Motive Power and Equipment

Keywords: EOCC ; trainline angle cock

Safety Advisory Number
2008-02

16 Apr 2008

Safety Advisories

Addresses damage to intermediate air hose elbow connection on certain freight cars equipped with end-of-car cushion devices

Subject Motive Power and Equipment

Keywords: trainline angle cock; EOCC

Safety Advisory Number
2008-01

13 Dec 2007

Safety Advisories

Provides updated information to interested parties on the potential catastrophic failure of locomotive main reservoir tanks manufactured by R&R Metal Fabricators, Incorporated, and installed on General Electric Transportation System (GETS) locomotives

Subject Motive Power and Equipment

Keywords: reservoir tanks

Safety Advisory Number
2007-04

1 Aug 2007

Technical Reports

An Examination of Employee Recruitment and Retention in the U.S. Railroad Industry

Author
Stephen Reinach and Alex Viale

Subject Worker Protection, Railroad Employees

Keywords: Recruitment, retention, attrition, railroad employee, workforce, staffing.

Abstract: This report presents findings of a study to better understand the challenges involved in recruiting and retaining qualified U.S. freight railroad employees to (1) replace the...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/RRP-07/01
Office
RRD

25 Apr 2007

Technical Bulletins

Guidance for Record Keeping of Annual Periodic Inspection of the Hand or Parking Brake on Passenger Cars and Unpowered Vehicles Used in Passenger Trains, 49 CFR Section 238.307(d)(2)

Author
Office of Railroad Safety

Subject Motive Power and Equipment

Keywords: Blue Card; unpowered vehicles

Bulletin Number
MP&E 07-02
Discipline
Motive Power and Equipment