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21 - TTC - Transportation and Traffic Control
TTC 153 - Derailment Investigation
| Code | Start Date | Duration | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTC 153 | 16 September 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| TTC 153 | 21 October 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| TTC 153 | 25 November 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| TTC 153 | 30 December 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
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Course Description
Railways is recognized worldwide as one of the safest transportation. However, derailment accidents occur occasionally, which cause tremendous casualties and property loss around the world every year. This course involves the skills and knowledge required to undertake a derailment investigation. It includes preparing for a derailment investigation, determining potential contributory factors, planning for derailment investigation report requirements, and investigating a derailment.
Course Objectives
- Understanding the definition and classification of type of derailments
- Identifying the principles of systematic investigation to be employed in derailment investigation
- Outlining the methods by which evidence will be gathered
- Understanding the important points to be observed at Derailment spot
- Observing the possible points for restoration
Who Should Attend?
- Track Inspectors
- Division Engineers
- Managers and Directors of Track Maintenance
- People with the responsibility for rail operation management
Course Details/Schedule
Day 1
- Incident Management
- Investigator competency
- Site investigation general
- Investigation plan
- Recording and preservation of evidence
- At the site
- Recording of evidence and removal from site
- Recording techniques
Day 2
- First vehicle derailed
- The meaning of marks on the rail
- Damage to derailed vehicles
- Track measurements
- Track misalignment
- Sleeper and fastening condition
- Other inspections and tests
Day 3
- Additional site investigation for turnouts
- Derailments marks at points and crossings
- Turnout speed
- Information required at points and crossings
- Re-run the scenario
Day 4
- Site investigation of rolling stock
- Data logger or Hasler recorder
- Inspect the vehicles
- Identifying wheels and axles
- Checking wheel and axle condition
- Wheel profile condition
- Fractured axles and fractured or loose wheels
- Axle bearing arrangement
- Checking bogie condition
Day 5
- Site restoration and vehicle recovery
- Workshop inspection of rolling stock
- Derailment analysis
- Determining the cause
- Exploring the cause
- Mechanisms of derailment and typical causes
- Derailment causes - L/V
- Causes and contributory factors
- Excessive Speed
- Geometry calculations
