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Technical Reports
Employee-In-Charge Portable Remote Terminal Phases 3 and 4 Summary Report
Keywords: Employee-in-charge, portable remote control, personal data assistant, Positive Train Control, Interoperable Train Control, Electronic Train Management System
Abstract: Under Federal Railroad Administration Task Order 257, Transportation Technology Center, Inc. partnered with BNSF Railway Company to complete Builds 1 and 2 of the Employee-In-...
Technical Reports
Railroad Industry Modal Profile
Keywords: Aging workforce, diversity, Federal Railroad Administration, pre K-12, railroad industry workforce, recruiting, retention, STEM, training and development, work-life balance
Abstract: In 2011, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Research, Development, and Technology (RD&T) published the first edition of the “Railroad Industry Modal Profile:...
Other Reports
PTC Annual Report for 2015: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Abstract: This report represents the progress towards implementing PTC for the year 2015 on MBTA. In the year 2015 MBTA completed following milestones: 1. MBTA contracted Ansaldo STS as its...
Other Reports
PTC Annual Report for 2015: Maryland Area Regional Commuter
Abstract: In 2015, MARC installed I-ETMS hardware on 12 locomotives*. This install did not include the Meteorcomm radio. * The term ”locomotive” throughout this document includes cab cars...
Quarterly Performance Reports
Quarter Ended March 31, 2016 (Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2016)
Keywords: Quarterly Report on the Performance and Service Quality of Intercity Passenger Train Operations