Project: RailSAFE

CONTENTS:

Communications

INCIDENT TYPE:

• Trespass

• Reporting Use of Right-of-Way

• Fire on Right-of-Way

• Fire Equipment / Personnel within 25' of Rails

• Hazardous Materials

• Fire on Railroad Equipment / Buildings

• Collision / Derailment

• Railroad Bridge or Support Structure Hit

INFORMATION NEEDED:

LOCATION:

• There are FIVE tracks in Littleton, plus spurs

• Northward (Main 2), Middle, and Southward (Main 1) Freight Line

• Northward or Southward LightRail Line

• Provide Railroad Milepost (Numbered from MP 0.0 in Denver)

TRAIN INFORMATION:

• Direction of Travel

• Railroad and number of LEAD locomotive

• Letters / numbers (left hand side) of affected car

• Description / type of car

• Location of train crew(s)

REPORTING TO RAILROAD:

• Burlington Northern Santa Fe

• (800) 832-5452 (Fort Worth,  Texas)

• Dispatches for both northward (BNSF) and southward (UPRR) freight lines

• RTD-LightRail

• (303) 299-3480 Control Center / Denver

• Dispatches both north and south mass transit lines

TYPE

LOCATION

CONTROL HAZARDS / ELECTRICAL SUPPLY

• Drop pantograph on RTD vehicle

• Request RTD power substation shut-down

CONTROL TRAIN MOVEMENT

REQUEST RAILROAD REP(S) (two for large incident)

• Keep on-site

• Request one for command post

REQUEST TRAIN LIST / CONSIST / WHEEL REPORT

CALL ADEQUATE RESOURCES

• Hazmat

• Crane(s)

• Ambulances

• Buses for mass evacuation

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:

• Incident and access is often "cut in two" by train

• Consider "sectoring" each end and each side of train incident

• Train Crew Locations

• "Head End Crew" consists of conductor and engineer who will have trainlist

• Most "Helper" or "Pusher" locomotives on back end of coal trains has separate crew pair

• Mid-train locomotives are often remotely controlled by radio with no crew on-board

• Trespassers, hobos can be on any equipment

• Electrical Hazard

• Overhead Catenary (750 volts DC)

• AC Freight / Amtrak Locomotives (3000 volts stored charge)

• Passenger equipment has additional 480 volt AC line through train and emergency batteries on each car

• 72 Volt DC battery power on both DC and AC Locomotives

• Buried Utilities; electrical, gas, telephone, fiber optic

• Chemical Hazard

• Hazardous cargo on train

• Each Locomotive contains:

• Battery Acid (50 Gallons)

• Engine Coolant [hot, dyed water] (250 Gallons)

• Crankcase Oil (250 Gallons)

• Diesel Fuel (5000 Gallons)

• Human Waste (Toilet)

• Passenger cars contain:

• Battery Acid

• Human Waste (Toilet)

• Extrication

• Locomotive is confined space

• Largest opening through side sliding window

• Nose door and back door very narrow / no backboard access

• Toilet in nose of locomotive / behind back cab wall of passenger loco

• Fire

• Locomotive fires need ABC extinguisher

• Avoid Water / Foam on locomotive fire - Handle as Electrical Fire

• Turbocharger and Brake Grids are red hot metal

• Drive motors on axles, generators, electrical cabinets, and capacitors retain high voltage after shutdown

Annual Report to Railroad

• Report Littleton Response Boundaries by Railroad Milepost

• Provide 10-digit,  24-hour, 7-day Emergency Phone Numbers

• Provide Principal Points of Contact Personnel

Annual Report from Railroad

• Update Emergency Phone Numbers for Railroad

• BNSF / UPRR

• RTD

• Obtain hazmat types and amounts for line segment

• BNSF Hazardous Materials Manager

• UPRR Chemical Transportation Manager

• Re-confirm all access points for fire / EMS equipment

• Re-confirm mileposts and mapping

• Update Points-of-Contact for principal railroad personnel

RailSafe Annual Briefing Meeting

• Target Public Education goals

• Update Security needs / provisions

• Plan emergency training for responders / railroaders

• Update response plan