Rail Safety Reauthorization: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation, and Tourism of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, March 14, 1984, Volume 4

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Page 157 - Bartenders International Union International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Blacksmiths International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers International Brotherhood of Firemen & Oilers International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots of America National Marine Engineers...
Page 157 - American Railway Supervisors Association American Train Dispatchers' Association Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way...
Page 210 - Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Page 157 - My name is JR Snyder. I am the National Legislative Director of the United Transportation Union. I am appearing today as Chairman of the Safety Committee of the Railway Labor Executives
Page 161 - January, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, it shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to haul or permit to be hauled or used on its line any car used In moving interstate traffic not equipped with couplers coupling automatically by Impact, and which can be uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the ends of the cars.
Page 207 - As important as adequate and dependable funding is to the rail safety program, a true Federal-State partnership is essential to an effective program. The GAO has been critical of FRA implementation of the program in the past, specifically citing FRA's reluctance to encourage State participation and its reticence in providing the proper guidance to the States.
Page 160 - Relying on the railroad industry's self generated statistics is like placing the fox at the gate to guard the chicken coop. There are numerous ways in which a signal system may fail to operate and not be detected in post-accident investigation. We will be happy to provide you with the technical reasons why defects may not be acknowledged by a railroad in an investigation.
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Page 92 - Dempsey. [The prepared statement of Mr. Dempsey follows :] STATEMENT OF WILLIAM H. DEMPSEY. PRESIDENT, ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS My name is William H.
Page 161 - ... in which a signal system may fail to operate and not be detected in post-accident investigation. We will be happy to provide you with the technical reasons why defects may not be acknowledged by a railroad in an investigation. It is simply illogical and unsafe that substantial sums of Federal money be spent on purchasing and installing grade crossing protection equipment, but there are no equivalent requirements for maintenance of the installed equipment.

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