NTSB Safety Recommendation R-07-31

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Title: NTSB Safety Recommendation R-07-31

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                   NTSB SAFETY RECOMMENDATION
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

November 26, 2007

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The National Transportation Safety Board makes the following safety recommendation to the Association of American Railroads:

Using the circumstances of the January 18, 2006, railroad collision near Lincoln, Alabama, inform your members through your publications, web site, and conferences of the need to enhance their signal training to emphasize that extra lighted aspects in a signal head should be treated as an improperly displayed signal. (R-07-31)

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http://www.ntsb.gov/recs/letters/2007/R07_31.pdf

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