ONE MAN FREIGHT TRAINS - Union Official's Secret Meeting With BNSF

Richard Saunders Sep 1, 2014

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    On July 16, thousands of railroaders abruptly learned their union officers had held secret negotiations with BNSF, one of the country’s biggest freight carriers, and reached a deal to allow single-person train crews: a safety disaster.
    Ballots on the tentative agreement went out in early August, and are due back in early September. If the vote goes up, huge freight trains could rumble through towns across the western U.S. with just an engineer onboard, no conductor.
    This would be a first on a major railway, and a foot in the door for the whole industry. ...
     
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    It all boils down to keeping big $$$ in the company coffers. We see enough incidents now with two person crews. No matter what electronics are added, remember, all those programs and machines are designed, built, installed, operated and maintained by mere mortals. Fallible humans. As a civilian, I simply do not feel safe with this one person concept.

    Further discussion:

    http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/showthread.php?159247-One-Man-Crews
     
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