Highballing with flimsies : working under train orders on the Espee's coast line

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• Creators:
  Gamst, F. C.
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
• Abstract:
  In classic timetable and train-order territory, the study focuses on several dimensions of train
  
  dispatchers' work, viewed through the other end of the telescope, i.e., from the perspective of the
  
  dispatched train crewmembers and others in the field. The monograph, comprising a
  
  microethnographic case study, emphasizes the cognitive worktasks--including mental manipulations
  
  of changing information, logic of procedures, work interactions, and language used--on just one
  
  freight train trip. Railroaders' integrations and applications of circumstantially selected sets of
  
  operating rules for the movement of trains control the freight trip. More broadly, the study
  
  constitutes a railroad apprentice's instruction for and a layman's introduction to North American
  
  railroad operating work. Specifically, a demonstration of the safety-critical nature of the corpus of
  
  interrelated railroad operating rules provides the underlying framework of the case study.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c68a904b6bee9c576624134e0439ec7cdfdfb3043e9a4a58c482e3f2ee32450e
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/14463/dot_14463_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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