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1 Dec 2011

Research Results

Data Analysis of Grade Crossing Incidents

Author
Leonard W. Allen III

Subject Grade Crossing Modeling and Simulation, Highway-Rail Grade Crossings

Keywords: Grade crossing, traffic moment, exposure, incident rate, safety, safety statistics

Abstract:

Traffic movement (TM) is a measure of train and vehicle traffic used to calculate incident rates. This analysis used TM to examine grade crossing incidents from 1989-2008....

Report Number
RR11-27
Office
RDI-23

18 Oct 2010

Safety Advisories

Staying Alert and Situational Awareness

Subject Motive Power and Equipment, Operating Practices, Rail and Infrastructure Integrity, Signal and Train Control

Safety Advisory Number
2010-03

25 May 2010

Safety Advisories

Safety Appliance Securement, Potential Failure of Welded and/or Notched Vertical Hand Brake Supports on FTTX Flatcars

Subject Motive Power and Equipment

Keywords: stachion ; handbrake ; cracks

Safety Advisory Number
2010-01

24 Mar 2010

Technical Bulletins

Enforcement Guidance Regarding Securement of Equipment with Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 232.103(n)

Author
Office of Railroad Safety

Subject Motive Power and Equipment

Keywords: handbrake; hand brake; angle cock ; brake valve; Securement of unattended equipment; TB ; brake pipe

Bulletin Number
MP&E 10-01
Discipline
Motive Power and Equipment

1 Nov 2009

Research Results

North Carolina Department of Transportation's "Sealed Corridor" Assessment - Phase IV

Author
Leonard W. Allen III

Subject Grade Crossing Modeling and Simulation, Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems, Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, Human Factors

Keywords: Sealed Corridor, private grade crossing, grade crossing improvements, safety benefits

Abstract:

This report assesses Phase IV of North Carolina's Sealed Corridor program, which closed or added warning devices to 44 private crossings from 1990 to 2008.

Report Number
RR09-21
Office
RDI-21