Railroad Safety--Supplemental Hearings: Hearings Before a Subcommittee on the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, 81st Conbgress, 1st Session on H.R. 378, a Bill to Amend Section 25 of the Interstate Commerce Act to Require Certain Common Carriers by Railroad to Install and Maintain Communication Systems and to Establish and Observe Operation Rules, Regulations, and Practices to Promote Safety of Employees and Travelers on Railroads, and for Other Purposes; H.R 530, a Bill to Promote the Safety of Employees and Travelers Upon Railroads, and to Protect the Public by Requiring Certain Common Carriers by Railroad to Install and Maintain Communication Systems, and for Other Purposes. August 4-9, 1949 |
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Page 1 - ... (b) That the Commission may, after investigation, if found necessary in the public interest, order any carrier within a time specified in the order, to install the block signal system, interlocking, automatic train stop, train control, and/or cab-signal devices, and/or other similar appliances, methods, and systems intended to promote the safety of railroad operation...
Page 3 - ... brought by the United States district attorney In the District Court of the United States having jurisdiction in the locality where such violation shall have been committed, and it shall be the duty of such district attorney to bring such suits upon duly verified Information being lodged with him of such violation having occurred.
Page 2 - ... in proper condition and safe to operate in the service to which the same is put, that the same may be employed in the active service of such carrier in moving traffic without unnecessary peril to life or limb...
Page 1 - employer" shall not include any street, interurban, or suburban electric railway, unless such railway is operating as a part of a general steamrailroad system of transportation, but shall not...
Page 3 - Act, within a time specified in the order, to install automatic train-stop or train-control devices or other safety devices, which comply with specifications and requirements prescribed by the Commission, upon the whole or any part of its railroad...
Page 55 - Commission shall prepare rules, standards, and instructions for the installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair of such...
Page 183 - When a train stops or is delayed, under circumstances in which it may be overtaken by another train, the flagman must go back immediately with stop signals a sufficient distance to insure full protection.
Page 17 - International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers. Sheet Metal Workers
Page 170 - Identification of sponsorship must be made in all sponsored programs in accordance with the requirements of the Communications Act of 1934. as amended, and the Rules and Regulations of the Federal Communications Commission.
Page 29 - Since January 1, 1944, the Commission has investigated 45 collisions, including the present case, which were caused by failure to provide adequate protection for the movement of track motor-cars. These accidents resulted in the death of 81 persons and the injury of 144 persons.