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Amtrak has opened a docket regarding the July 10+11, 2018 hearings of the Cayce and DoPont accidents: [url]<a>https://t.co/E48qUFYYSq[/url]</a> It contains 169 documents. The list is too long to include it here. In Human Performance Group Factual Report- DuPont, WA is some interesting information about the engineer. Sorry I haven't found a way to link the pdf directly. <a href="https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/document.cfm?docID=464845&docketID=61332&mkey=96974">https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/document.cfm?docID=464845&docketID=61332&mkey=96974</a> Click on view or download. Excerpt from page 6/7: The Amtrak engineer, 55 years old, told investigators that on the day of the accident he felt healthy. The only medication he recalled taking in the days prior to the accident was ibuprofen for neck pain. He had previously been diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and had been regularly using an at-home Continuous Positive Air Pressure (CPAP) machine for treatment, and used a portable CPAP machine when he stayed in a hotel. He had also been diagnosed and treated with medication for diabetes and high cholesterol. The Operations and System Safety Group Factual Report - DuPont, WA contains a lot of information about safety aspects: <a href="https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/document.cfm?docID=464844&docketID=61332&mkey=96974">https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/document.cfm?docID=464844&docketID=61332&mkey=96974</a> Excerpt from page 9: Amtrak Familiarization Training and Qualifications The Lakewood Subdivision was new operating territory for Amtrak crews. Previously, trains between Portland and Seattle used an alternative route. Amtrak crews began qualifying over the territory in November 2017, between TR Junction and Nisqually Junction. These trips were all performed during a ten-day period, all at night, due to continued line construction and Sound Transit's commuter schedule during daylight hours. Amtrak managers required locomotive engineers to operate only one round trip over the subdivision to qualify on the territory. Qualifying trips were conducted with Amtrak supervisors and locomotive engineers rotating between observing and operating from the lead locomotive and riding and observing from the trailing locomotive, observing in reverse. There were multiple locomotive engineers in both the lead and trailing locomotive during the qualifying trips. Amtrak conductors, were not able to complete an observation trip from the lead locomotive due to the capacity constraints. Conductors were instructed to ride in the coaches or in the trailing unit to observe the territory for familiarization. A ten-question Physical Characteristics test was given to locomotive engineers and a six-question test was given to the conductors to complete the qualification process on the Lakewood Subdivision. Additional Factual Reports are from: Locomotive Event Recorder Group: <a href="https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/document.cfm?docID=464846&docketID=61332&mkey=96974">https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/document.cfm?docID=464846&docketID=61332&mkey=96974</a> Survival Factors/ Crashworthiness Group: <a href="https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/document.cfm?docID=464847&docketID=61332&mkey=96974">https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/document.cfm?docID=464847&docketID=61332&mkey=96974</a> Materials Laboratory: <a href="https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/document.cfm?docID=465044&docketID=61332&mkey=96974">https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/document.cfm?docID=465044&docketID=61332&mkey=96974</a> Onboard Image Recorder Group: <a href="https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/document.cfm?docID=465043&docketID=61332&mkey=96974">https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/document.cfm?docID=465043&docketID=61332&mkey=96974</a> The last contains a few interesting photos of the foreward looking camera. That is only a very small selection. Regards, Volker
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