HUMAN FACTORS IN RAILROAD OPERATIONS: ACTIVITIES IN FISCAL YEAR 1973

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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• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Devoe, D
  • Feehrer, C E
  • Hill, J H
  • Sussman, E D
• Publication Date: 1974-2

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 114 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Human factors; Job analysis; Operations; Railroad simulators; Surveys; Train operations; Training
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Education and Training; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00125893
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Railroad Administration
• ISBN: RR409/R 4304
• Report/Paper Numbers: FRA-OR&D-74-32 Tech. Rpt.
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 5 1976 12:00AM