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19681

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman

Benson, Ernest H., national legislative representative, Brotherhood

of Maintenance of Way Employees. --

Bernstein, Sheldon, counsel, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way

Employees and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

Bloom, George I., chairman, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commis-

sion, and member, executive committee, National Association of

Regulatory Utility Commissioners_

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55, 149

362

Boyd, Hon. Alan S., Secretary, Department of Transportation... 226, 259

Chesser, Al H., national legislative representative, Brotherhood of

Railroad Trainmen, and chairman, Safety Committee, Railway

Labor Executives' Association___.

Corcoran, Leroy C., Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad Administration,

Department of Transportation__

Croft, P. H., president, American Short Line Railroad Association..

Crotty, Harold C., president, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way

Employees---

Daulton, H. C., director of safety, Louisville & Nashville Railroad,

representing the Association of American Railroads...

Forst, Merle A., director, Bureau of Transportation, Pennsylvania

Public Utility Commission, appearing on behalf of the National

Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners_

Fravel, William, executive assistant, Brotherhood of Railroad Train-

men

Goodfellow, Thomas M., president, Association of American Rail-

roads.

Homer, Winfield M., Labor Bureau of the Middle West, on behalf

of the Railway Labor Executives' Association; economist, Brother-

hood of Maintenance of Way Employees-

Lang, A. Scheffer, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration,

Department of Transportation__.

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380

55, 149

8, 226, 259

McCarthy, Hon. Richard D., a Representative in Congress from the

State of New York.

Menk, Louis W., president and chief executive officer, Northern

Pacific Railway Co., representing the Association of American Rail-

roads

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170, 221, 301

Moloney, William M., general counsel, Association of American

Railroads
198, 221, 301, 380

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O'Connell, Hon. Joseph J., Jr., Chairman, National Transportation
Safety Board, Department of Transportation......

Puls, Fritz, General Counsel, National Transportation Safety Board,

Department of Transportation.

339

Rodgers, Paul, counsel, National Association of Regulatory Utility

Commissioners..

362

Sweeney, John L., Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs, Department

of Transportation.

259

Tidd, J. Thomas, Assistant General Counsel for Legislation, Depart- Page

ment of Transportation.

226, 259

Wakeland, Henry H., Director, Bureau of Surface Transportation

Safety, National Transportation Safety Board, Department of

Transportation__

Additional material submitted for the record by―

Association of American Railroads:

Data submitted in conjunction with the statement of H. C.

Daulton:

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Casualties to employees on duty, railways of all classes, 1961-67

(table)

Table A-Total train accidents and train accidents resulting

in casualties, railways of all classes, 1961-67..

Table B-Total casualties in railroad accidents, railways of

all classes, 1961-67 _ _

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Table C-Total casualties-Train, train service, and non-

train accidents, railways of all classes, 1961–67. -

Table D-Casualties in railroad accidents, railways of all

classes, 1961–67 _ _ _ .

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188

Table E-Casualties to employees on duty-Train, train

service, and nontrain accidents, class I line-haul railroads,

1957-67.

Table F-Casualties to employees on duty, per million train-

miles, train and train service accidents, railways of all

classes, 1961-66..

Table G-Derailments-Train accidents, attributed to

defects in or failures of wheels and axles, 1957-60_.

Table H-Total casualties per billion gross ton-miles-Train,

train service, and nontrain accidents, railways of all

classes, 1961-67_

Chart H-Total casualties per billion gross ton-miles-Train,

train service, and nontrain accidents, 1961-67.

Letter dated June 10, 1968, re overall costs to railroads resulting

from personal injuries, 1966__

Letter dated June 10, 1968, submitting requested comments on
tables appearing in the supplementary memorandum prepared
and submitted by Winfield M. Homer..

Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees:

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190

222

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National Transportation Safety Board news release dated April

10, 1968

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Table 1-Maintenance-of-way hours of service per mile of road

operated and average miles of road operated per employee-

designated classes, selected years, class I railways in the United

States..

Table 2-Accidents involving highway trucks operated by

carriers in maintenance-of-way work, 1962 through January

1965

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen:

Amendments, proposed, to H.R. 16980.

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161

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Comment on May 8, 1968, news release of Association of American

Railroads on 1967 railroad safety record.

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Compilation of Federal railroad safety acts administered by the

Department of Transportation___

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California Public Utilities Commission, telegram from William W.

Dunlop, secretary-

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Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee:

Correspondence between Chairman Staggers and A. H. Chesser,

chairman, RLEA Safety Committee-

Correspondence between Chairman Staggers and Chairman

O'Connell, National Transportation Safety Board, re use of

reports of accident investigations_

145-148

348-350

Correspondence of 1966 between Chairman Staggers, John W.

Bush, Chairman, ICC, Daniel P. Loomis, president, AAR,

and J. E. Wolfe, chairman, NRLC.

392-406

Correspondence of 1966 between John W. Bush, Chairman,

ICC, and G. E. Leighty, chairman, RLEA..

406-418

Additional material submitted for the record by-Continued

Kansas State Corporation Commission, telegram from Dale E.
Saffels, chairman_

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369

Minnesota State Public Service Commission, statement_

369

National Association of Railroad Passengers, statement of Anthony
Haswell, executive director.......

426

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners: Proposed
amendments to H.R. 16980__

370

National Industrial Traffic League:

Letter from L. J. Dorr, executive secretary..

422

Statement of Sam Hall, chairman, Legislative Committee----
Railway Labor Executives' Association:

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Letter dated June 4, 1968, from A. H. Chesser, chairman, RLEA
Committee on Safety

419

"Railroad Safety Record in Historical Perspective, The", supple-
mentary memorandum prepared by Winfield M. Homer,
Labor Bureau of the Middle West-

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Transportation Department:

Attachments to statement of A. Scheffer Lang, Administrator,

Federal Railroad Administration:

Attachment A-1-Train accidents, 1961-67 (chart).

Attachment A-2-Train accidents, summary data sheet

(table).

Attachment A-3-Train accidents, adjusted as to AAR cost

index (table).

Attachment A-4-Adjusted train accidents, related to

train and car miles and gross ton-miles (table).

Attachment B-Train accidents, 1961-66 (table) -

Attachment C-1-Employee casualty rate per million man

hours worked, 1961-66 (table).

Attachment C-2-Employee casualties by employment and

related to operating factors, 1961-67 (table) -

Attachment D-1-Results of safety inspections for the years

ended June 30, 1961, through 1967 (table) -

Attachment D-2-Locomotive

accidents and casualties

caused by failure of locomotive parts or appurtenances,

fiscal years 1961-66 (table) _.
Letter dated June 18, 1968, re section 11(c) of H.R. 16980, pro-
tection of accident reports; and "Preliminary Report of Rail-
road Accidents and Resulting Casualties, December 1967";
also replying to questions posed by Congressmen Adams and
Brown and letter of June 5 from Chairman Staggers--

Federal Railroad Administration:

Analysis of section 5(b), H.R. 16980 re (a) the liability of

"persons" covered by the act as that term is defined in

section 2(4) therein; (b) scope and meaning of the ex-

emption; and (c) liability of the Government, including

preemption of liability of carriers..

Analysis of train accidents (passenger, freight, and other),

1961-67 (table).......

Average employee cost, Bureau of Railroad Safety, letter

dated June 7, 1968-..

254

Cost of broadened safety regulation to the railroad industry,

statement on..

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Cost of broadened railroad safety regulatory authority to

Federal Government, statement on

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Employee on-duty casualties resulting from train, train

service, and nontrain accidents, 1961-67 (table) -

National Transportation Safety Board; Letter dated June 21,

1968, re use of reports of accident investigations..........

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