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Title: U.S. Railroad History Relating to Fatigue, Safety Culture, and Technology
Accession Number: 01022885
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The author, with 49 years of experience with the railroad industry, reviews the railroad industry, beginning with the U.S. government's historical interaction with railroads and the two eras of federal railroad regulation (1893 through the 1920s and 1965 through the 1990s). He then addresses the topics of the current meeting, including the following: Human Fatigue and Vigilance - fatigue, sleepiness, and scheduled work; Impact of Advanced Technologies on Railroad Operational Safety - early fixed signals and communications, early safety appliances, air brakes, dynamic brakes, later signaling and communications, retarder yards, wayside detectors, journal bearings, rail, electronic computation and communications, locomotives, distributed power, remote control locomotives, positive train control, and end-of-train devices; and Safety Culture - conceiving of and using the phrase "safety culture," military roots of U.S. railroad culture, the basis of railroad safety, and organizational and regulatory errors.
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Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01022884
Language: English
Authors: Gamst, Frederick CPagination: pp 13-49
Publication Date: 2006-1
Serial: Conference:
Midyear Meeting of the Transportation Research Board Railroad Operational Safety Subcommittee
Location:
Irvine California, United States Media Type: Print
Features: References
TRT Terms:
Air brakes; Brakes; Communications; Computers; Culture (Social sciences); Fatigue (Physiological condition); History; Hours of labor; Human factors; Journal bearings; Locomotives; Policy, legislation and regulation; Positive train control; Railroad rails; Railroad safety; Railroad signals; Railroad vehicle operations; Railroad yards; Railroads; Remote control; Retarder control; Sleep; Technological innovations; Vigilance
Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; History; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Apr 20 2006 9:08AM
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