NTSB -- NTSB Safety Recommendations R-12-30 and -31

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NTSB SAFETY RECOMMENDATION

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National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC 20594

May 24, 2012

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NTSB Safety Recommendations R-12-30 and -31

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The National Transportation Safety Board makes the following

safety recommendations to the Canadian Pacific Railway:

Require both train dispatchers and train crews to document

switch positions and to hold job briefings to ensure that

all main track switches in non-signaled territories are

correctly lined before releasing track warrant authority.

(R-12-30)

Require that until appropriate switch position warning

technology is installed on main track switches (in non-

signaled territory not equipped with positive train

control), when a main track switch has been reported relined

for a main track, the next train to pass the location

approach the switch location at restricted speed. That train

crew should then report to the dispatcher that the switch is

correctly lined for the main track before trains are allowed

to operate at maximum authorized speed. (R-12-31)

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http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/recletters/2012/R-12-030-031.pdf

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