Employee-in-charge portable remote terminal phases 3 and 4 summary report.

Details

• Creators:
  Nast, Thomas
• Corporate Creators:
  Transportation Technology Center, Inc.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Railroad Policy and Development ; United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Communication systems
  • Employees
  • Maintenance of way
  • Occupational safety
  • Portable equipment
  • Positive train control
  • Remote control Employee-in-charge
  • portable remote control
  • personal data assistant
  • positive train control
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FRA/ORD-16/11
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
• 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-Charge (EIC) portable remote control (PRT) application software and to ; successfully integrate and test the EIC PRT Build 2 application with Electronic Train Management System. The EIC PRT system ; provides an EIC of maintenance of way workers with an interface to the host Positive Train Control (PTC) system to enforce the ; train entry into protected work areas and speed of trains operating within work areas. The EIC PRT Build 1 application, completed ; in Phase 3, implemented a minimum set of functions. EIC PRT Build 2, completed in project Phase 4a of the project, expanded ; the function set to improve usability by roadway workers. Project Phases 3 and 4a included systems engineering, safety ; engineering, and software engineering tasks.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFR53-C-00012, Task Order 257
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31183/dot_31183_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 358.79 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection ; Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b5615af22a98e214afbcd4d36ed430e503c22a396e46773fa965d4fccf7b133f48a0897e1cc52957e1d56219fedde68ce17e3d70edd75cbb4f4f7de92f3c6583