National Transportation Safety Board

“ If the trainee successfully completes this final evaluation, he/she will return to his/her home division as a qualified engineer and be ready to complete any further qualification requirements of the home railroad (e.g., whatever is necessary to become a promoted engineer) . If the trainee does not successfully complete the final evaluation, he/she returns to the home division and is given additional running time. Length of time will depend upon availability of runs to make and train handling deficiencies. At the end of this additional time, the trainee is reevaluated on the simulator. ”

“ Safety education is an integral part of each course. Upon successful completion of these courses, each participant is given instruction and laboratory experience on a locomotive simulator. Each lesson in Phase I concludes with a quiz and/or work exercises which are used to review the unit and evaluate the participant's understanding and ability. ”

“ During this phase, the engineer trainee is assigned to a Promoted Engineer selected by the division who functions as an engineer instructor. The trainee is required to operate the train frequently and for progressively increasing intervals. After each trip, the trainee is evaluated by his/her Engineer Instructor. Biweekly, the engineer trainee is evaluated by his/her road foreman who sends copies of the evaluations to HRD for training documentation and program evaluation. ”