Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
Tranz Rail
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Improve the resilience of the track warrant system to accommodate deviations from standard patterns, taking particular account of the need for:
• an improved method of providing an LE with a continuous and conspicuous visual display of his track warrant limit.
• introducing a system to identify the position of trains in track warrant territory which would increase the situational awareness of LEs as they approached the limit of their track warrant, and limit the possible consequence of any overrun which may occur.
• an improved method of providing an LE with a continuous and conspicuous visual display of his track warrant limit.
• introducing a system to identify the position of trains in track warrant territory which would increase the situational awareness of LEs as they approached the limit of their track warrant, and limit the possible consequence of any overrun which may occur.
Reply Text
Part two of this recommendation has been considered by the Track Warrant Steering Committee following a recommendation from the TWC Working Party to implement mandatory calling. Subsequently a new procedure for "calling limits" when approaching Warrant and Interlocked Stations in TWC has been implemented. The intention of this new procedure is to reinforce in Locomotive Engineers minds the terminating limits of their warrants and their current location by increasing their situational awareness.
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