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2024
Research Results
AN AUTOMATION AWARENESS ASSISTANT FOR AUTOMATED TRAIN OPERATIONS
Author
          Federal Railroad Administration

Subject
                    Automation

**Keywords:** Decision support, human-automation interaction, human factors, rail automation, situation awareness, train control, train handling
**Abstract:** FRA sponsored Monterey Technologies, Inc. to design and develop an improved interface between human operators and advanced automation in rail systems. Applying user-...
Report Number
              RR 24-01

  Office
              RDI-24
    28
Jan
2021
Presentations
Human Error Potential in Human-Automation Interaction: Investigations of Performance in the Locomotive Cab
Author
          Angelia Sebok

Subject
                    Automation,
                    Human Factors,
                    Positive Train Control,
                    Train Control

**Keywords:** HF; Operator Performance; human performance; Cab Technology Integration Lab; CTIL; simulation; simulator; human-in-the-loop; PTC; Trip Optimizer; TO; workload
**Abstract:** The study was a simulator-based human-in-the-loop investigation of human-automation interaction, specifically with Positive Train Control (PTC) and Trip Optimizer (TO) systems...
    28
Jan
2021
Presentations
Design and Evaluation of a Robust Manual Locomotive Operating Mode
Author
          Kirk Mathews

Subject
                    Automation,
                    Human Factors

**Keywords:** HF; Operator Performance; human performance; Cab Technology Integration Lab; CTIL; simulation; simulator; human-in-the-loop; Trip Optimizer; TO; energy management; locomotive cab; train handling
**Abstract:** The study’s purpose was to gain insight into expert operator intent and train handling strategies to develop and evaluate a new manual mode of locomotive operation using a...
    28
Jan
2021
Presentations
A Survey of Future Railroad Operations and the Role of Automation
Author
          James D. Brooks; Hannah Groshong; Andrew M. Liu; Paul Houpt; Charles M. Oman

Subject
                    Automation,
                    Human Factors

**Keywords:** HF; operator performance; human performance; locomotive cab; train handling; system design; operating configurations; survey; human-automation interaction
**Abstract:** The objective of this work was...
    18
Mar
2018
Accident Investigations
HQ-2018-1255 (Finalized)

Subject
                    Accident Investigations,
                    Human Factors,
                    Collision

**Keywords:** head-on collision, Norfolk Southern, Georgetown, KY
**Abstract:** On Sunday, March 18, 2018, at 11:14 p.m., EDT, southbound Norfolk Southern (NS) freight train 175T817 (Train 1) passed an absolute stop signal without authority and was struck...
Accident Date
              March 18, 2018

  Accident Type
              Head End Collision (HEC)

  Railroad Name
              Norfolk Southern Railway

  Location
              Georgetown, KYUnited States

  Accident Number
              HQ-2018-1255

  Investigation Status
              Finalized

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