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Reports are listed by their corresponding report numbers starting with the most recent published document. Click on the "Report Number" for a pdf copy of the report, if available. Additionally, most of these reports are also available to the U.S. public through the National Technical Information Service in Springfield VA.

REPORT NUMBER TITLE
DOT/FRA/ORD-08/04 Validation and Calibration of a Fatigue Assessment Tool for Railroad Work Schedules, Final Report
DOT/FRA/ORD-08/03 Driver Behavior at Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings: A Literature Review from 1990-2006
DOT/FRA/ORD-07/28 Human Factors in Railroad Operations: Communication and Coordination Demands of Railroad Roadway Worker Activities and Implications for New Technology
DOT/FRA/ORD-07/21 Rail Crew Resource Management (CRM): The Business Case for CRM Training in the Railroad Industry
DOT/FRA/ORD-07/19 Development of a Preliminary Set of Human Factors Functional Design Guidelines for Remote Control Locomotive Systems
DOT/FRA/ORD-07/15 Human Error Investigation Software Tool (HEIST)
DOT/FRA/ORD-07/14 The Impact of Participatory Safety Rules Revision on Incident Rates, Liability Claims, and Safety Culture in the U.S. Railroad Industry
DOT/FRA/ORD-07/13 Preliminary Development of a Railroad Dispatcher Taskload Assessment Tool: Identification of Dispatcher Tasks and Data Collection Methods
DOT/FRA/ORD-07/12 Relative Risk of Workload Transitions in Positive Train Control
DOT/FRA/ORD-07/11 Work Schedules and Sleep Patterns of Railroad Dispatchers
DOT/FRA/ORD-07/10 Human-Centered Technologies Tool
DOT/FRA/ORD-07/07 Human Factors Considerations in the Evaluation of Processor-Based Signal and Train Control Systems
DOT/FRA/ORD-07/04 Human Factors Guidelines for Intelligent Transportation Systems at the Highway-Rail Intersection - Technical Report
DOT/FRA/ORD-07/03.I Rail Crew Resource Management (CRM): Pilot Rail CRM Training Development and Implementation
DOT/FRA/ORD-07/01 Yardmasters and Yard Safety in the U.S. Railroad Industry: An Exploratory Study
DOT/FRA/ORD-06/26 Human Factors Guidance for Intelligent Transportation Systems at the Highway-Rail Intersection
DOT/FRA/ORD-06/25 Work Schedules and Sleep Patterns of Railroad Maintenance of Way Workers
DOT/FRA/ORD-06/24 A Pilot Examination of a Joint Railroad Management-Labor Approach to Root Cause Analysis of Accidents, Incidents, and Close Calls in a Diesel and  Car Repair Shop Environment
DOT/FRA/ORD-06/23 Railroad Dispatching Operations: Putting Research into Practice - Workshop Summary
DOT/FRA/ORD-06/21 Validation and Calibration of a Fatigue Assessment Tool for Railroad Work Schedules - Summary Report
DOT/FRA/ORD-06/19 Work Schedules and Sleep Patterns of Railroad Signalmen
DOT/FRA/ORD-06/10 Rail Crew Resource Management (CRM): Survey of Teams in the Railroad Operating Environment andIdentification of Available CRM Training Methods
DOT/FRA/ORD-06/09 A Comparative Risk Assessment of Remote Control Locomotive Operations versus Conventional Yard Switching Operations
DOT/FRA/ORD-06/08 Remote Control Locomotive Operations: Results of Focus Groups with Remote Control Operators in the United States and Canada
DOT/FRA/ORD-06/05 Human Factors Root Cause Analysis of Accidents/Incidents Involving Remote Control Locomotive Operations
DOT/FRA/ORD-04/18 Human Factors Phase III:
Effects of Train Control Technology on Operator Performance
DOT/FRA/ORD-04/17 Human Factors Phase IV:
Risk Analysis Tool for New Train Control Technology
DOT/FRA/ORD-04/13.ii Supporting Railroad Roadway Worker Communications with a Wireless Handheld Computer: Volume II - Impact on Dispatcher Performance
DOT/FRA/ORD-04/13.i Supporting Railroad Roadway Worker Communications with a Wireless Handheld Computer: Volume I - Usability for the Roadway Worker
DOT/FRA/ORD-04/12 Preview Information in Cab Displays for High-Speed Locomotives
DOT/FRA/ORD-04/11 Impact of Data Link Technology on Railroad Dispatching Operations
DOT/FRA/ORD-04/10 Effects of Supervisory Train Control Technology on Operator Attention
DOT/FRA/ORD-04/03 Proceedings of the Human Factors Workshop: Improving Railroad Safety Through Understanding Close Calls
DOT/FRA/ORD-04/01 Optimizing Staff Levels and Schedules for Railroad Dispatching Centers
DOT/FRA/ORD-03/15 Human Reliability Analysis in Support of Risk Assessment for Positive Train Control
DOT/FRA/ORD-03/12 Railroad Dispatcher Communications Training Materials
DOT/FRA/ORD-03/09 Selection of Railroad Dispatcher Candidates
DOT/FRA/ORD-02/06 Human-Centered Incident Investigation Methods for Railroad Industry
DOT/FRA/ORD-01/20 An Examination of Railroad Yard Worker Safety
DOT/FRA/ORD-01/08 A Preliminary Examination of Railroad Dispatcher Workload, Stress, and Fatigue
DOT/FRA/ORD-01/02 Understanding How Train Dispatchers Manage and Control Trains - Results of a Cognitive Analysis
DOT/FRA/ORD-00/07 Recognition of Rail Car Retroreflective Patterns for Improving Nighttime Conspicuity
DOT/FRA/ORD-00/04 Switching Operations Fatality (SOFA) Analysis:
Findings and Recommendations of the SOFA Working Group
DOT/FRA/ORD-99/10 Railroad Horn Systems Research
DOT/FRA/ORD-99/09 Compliance with Railroad Operating Rules and Corporate Culture Influences: Results of a Focus Group and Structured Interviews
DOT/FRA/ORD-99/05 Non-Accident Release of Hazmat from Railroad Tank Cars:
Training Issues
DOT/FRA/ORD-98/11 Freight Car Reflectorization
DOT/FRA/ORD-98/08 Training Requirements for Railroad Dispatchers:
Objectives, Syllabi and Test Designs
DOT/FRA/ORD-98/04 Field Evaluation of a Wayside Horn at a Highway-Rail Grade Crossing
DOT/FRA/ORD-98/03 Human Factors Guidelines for Locomotive Cabs
DOT/FRA/ORD-97/09 The Effects of Work Schedule on Train Handling Performance and Sleep of Locomotive Engineers: A Simulator Study.
DOT/FRA/ORD-96/09 Human Factors Phase II: Design and Evaluation of Decision Aids for Control of High-Speed Trains: Experiments and Model
DOT/FRA/RRP-96/02 Locomotive Engineer's Activity Diary
DOT/FRA/ORD-95/14.2 Safety of Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings (Vol II) - Driver behavior at rail-highway grade crossings. A signal detection theory analysis.
DOT/FRA/ORD-95/13 Safety of Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings: Use of Auxiliary External Alerting Devices to Improve Locomotive Conspicuity
DOT/FRA/ORD-94/24 Safety of High Speed Guided Ground Transportation Systems: Human Factors Phase I - Function Analyses and Theoretical Considerations
DOT/FRA/ORD-93/25 The Safety of Highway-Rail Grade Crossings:
Study of the Acoustic Characteristics of Railroad Horn Systems
DOT/FRA/ORD-92/17 Engineman Stress and Fatigue: Pilot Tests
DOT/FRA/ORD-77/22 Maintaining Alertness in Railroad Locomotive Crews
DOT/FRA/ORD-75/44 Proposed Qualification Requirements for Selected Railroad Jobs
DOT/FRA/ORD-74/37

An Analysis of the Job of Railroad Train Dispatcher

DOT/FRA/RRP-91/01 Issues in Locomotive Crew Management and Scheduling
VNTSC-RR897-PM-98-22

Evaluation of Retroreflective Markings to Increase Rail Car Conspicuity - Safety of Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings

VNTSC-RR994-PM-99-1

Passenger Acceptance of Alignments with Frequent Curves in Maglev or Other Very-High Speed Ground Systems

Notice and Disclaimer: These documents are disseminated under the sponsorship of the United States Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. Any opinions, findings and conclusions, or recommendations expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the United States Government, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the United States Government. The United States Government assumes no liability for the content or use of the material contained in these documents.

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