( ) -q-22- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “to ground-based jobs.” Major freight railroads will have to maintain two-person crews in most circumstances under a new federal rule. [CutID: <Cuts> RAILROADS-CREWS-house-q-TUEam.mp3 Time: 22s Title: RAILROADS-CREWS-house-q-TUEam Out-cue: to ground-based jobs] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The rule comes amid an intense focus on railroad safety following the […]
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Freight railroads must keep 2-person crews under new federal rule
( ) -q-22- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “to ground-based jobs.”
Major freight railroads will have to maintain two-person crews in most circumstances under a new federal rule.
[CutID: <Cuts> RAILROADS-CREWS-house-q-TUEam.mp3
Time: 22s
Title: RAILROADS-CREWS-house-q-TUEam
Out-cue: to ground-based jobs]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The rule comes amid an intense focus on railroad safety following the fiery February 2023 derailment in eastern Ohio.
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VERBATIM: The Transportation Department’s Federal Railroad Administration released the details of the rule the agency has been working on for the past two years. Rail unions have long opposed one-person crews because of a combination of safety and job concerns. Railroads have sought the discretion to operate trains with only one person and move conductors to ground-based jobs.