Human Factors in Railroad Operations : Activities in Fiscal Year 1973

Devoe, Donald B.; Feehrer, Carl E.; Hill, J. Harry; Sussman, E. Donald

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Human Factors in Railroad Operations : Activities in Fiscal Year 1973

1974-02-01
By Devoe, Donald B. ; Feehrer, Carl E. ; Hill, J. Harry ; ...

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English

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Creators:

Devoe, Donald B. ; Feehrer, Carl E. ; Hill, J. Harry ; Sussman, E. Donald
Corporate Creators:

John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, (U.S.)
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development
Subject/TRT Terms:

Accident Investigation Human Factors Job Analysis Operations Railroad Simulators Surveys Training Train Operations
Publication/ Report Number:

DOT-TSC-FRA-73-11 ; FRA-ORD&D-74-32 ; PB-244 540
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Federal Railroad Administration
NTL Classification:

AGR-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Rail Safety ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY
Abstract:

This is an interim report covering human factors services rendered by TSC to the FRA under the project: "Human Factors in Railroad Operations," during fiscal year 1973. It reviews all activities briefly and contains more detailed reports on a research plan for use with a locomotive cab simulator, a training survey, studies of train handling, and fault-tree analysis of railroad accident data.
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PDF
Funding:

RR409/R-4304
Collection(s):

Volpe Center
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:15f9240cb7871a8706c5c3d3333ab41cbde1b74c4a63d276a353d7d69041f0fc
Download URL:

https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11931/dot_11931_DS1.pdf
File Type:

[PDF - 4.24 MB ]

File Language:

English

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