The report explains the collision of a passenger train with a tractor-semitrailer at a grade crossing in Stockton, California, on December 19, 1989. The safety issues discussed in the report are grade crossing warning devices, standards for lamp bulb voltages for grade crossing warning devices, application of railroad operating rules in fog conditions, truckdriver training for operating in dense fog, emergency communications, and survival factors in passenger cars. Safety recommendations addressing these issues were made.


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    Title :

    Railroad/Highway Accident Report: Collision of Amtrak Passenger Train No. 708 on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway with TAB Warehouse and Distribution Company. Tractor-Semitrailer, Stockton, California, December 19, 1989


    Publication date :

    1990


    Size :

    pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English