TRAIN HANDLING EVALUATOR--CONCEPT 2. VOLUME I--SPECIFICATIONS

This report contains the specification for a Research Locomotive and Train Handling Evaluator. Incorporated in this report are the definitions of the terminology of the various phases used for Project Implementation, Milestone Schedules, Management Control and Documentation necessary for the successful completion of the defined task. A functional description of the Evaluator is provided. This description is broken down into the ten major subsystems. The greater portion of this report is dedicated to the Detailed Performance Requirements. In this portion of the report all of the major systems and each subsystem thereof is described in detail. The discussion in this portion of the report clearly defines the capability requirements necessary to perform the tasks that were identified in Report No. FRA/ORD-77/55.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in conjunction with Grumman Aerospace Corporation and Transmark for U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research and Development, Washington, D.C. See also PB-276491, and Volume 2, PB-276493.
• Corporate Authors:

  Turpin Systems Company

  16611 Roscoe Place
  Sepulveda, CA  United States  91343

  Grumman Aerospace Corp.

  Bethpage, NY  United States 

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1977-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 49 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Human factors; Locomotive engineers; Locomotive operation; Performance based specifications; Railroad simulators; Simulation; Specifications; Train operations; Training devices; Training simulators
• Uncontrolled Terms: Performance specifications
• Old TRIS Terms: Locomotive engineer's tasks
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170069
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Railroad Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FRA/ORD-77/56.V1 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: Dot-FR-64192
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 30 1978 12:00AM