Abstract
The paper describes a new human factors research capability for the US Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)—The Cab Technology Integration Laboratory (CTIL). The FRA sponsored the development of the CTIL in order to assess locomotive crew performance with the integration of new market controls, displays, and automation in the locomotive cab environment. Additionally, the CTIL will be used to assess and demonstrate new technologies and workstation configurations that may enhance human performance and human reliability by increasing the locomotive engineer's capabilities to communicate, plan, and control locomotives within the railroad system. The CTIL provides a platform for integration and prototyping of new locomotive cab technologies to assess the impact of the human-machine interface on locomotive crew performance as new capabilities are mandated to meet safety, cost, and security requirements.
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