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The Calnev Pipeline 54
Description 54
Check Valves 55
Block Valves 56
Dispatch Center 56
Emergency Response Manual 57
Personnel Information 58
Operating Crew of Extra 7551 East 58
Other Southern Pacific Personnel 60
Calnev Pipeline Dispatcher 61
Southern Pacific Training Programs 61
Engineer Training Program 61
Dispatcher Training Program 63
Clerk Training Program 64
Calnev Pipeline Dispatcher Training Program 64
Southern Pacific Management Oversight of Train Operations 65
Industry Pipeline Standards and Federal Regulations 66
Oversight of Calnev Pipeline Operations 67
Meteorological Information 69
Medical and Pathological Information 69
Train Derailment 69
Pipeline Rupture 70
Toxicological Information 70
Southern Pacific’s Physical Examination Policy 71
Tests and Research 71
Event Recorders 71
Train Dynamics Analyzer Runs 72
Instrumented Brake Shoe Tests 73
Train Vibration Study 73
Soil Inspection Report 73
Metallurgical Testing 75
Simulation of Excavating Equipment Operations 79
Other Information 80
Train Movements Following the Train Derailment and Preceding the Pipeline Rupture 80
Agreement Between the Southern Pacific and the City of San Bernardina Following the Train Derailment 80
Development of Land Adjacent to the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Calnev Pipeline 81
Disaster Preparedness 82
Train Derailments over Pipelines 82
 
ANALYSIS
General 85
The Train Derailment 85
Axles of Dynamic Brakes 86
Trailing Tonnage 87
Operation of Extra 7551 East Down the 2.2 Percent Grade 90
Derailment Speed 92
Communication 92
Testing Dynamic Brakes 94

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