Federal Standards for Railroad Safety: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 16980 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968 - 427 pages Sponsored by Panel H-2 (Resistance and Propulsion) of the Hydrodynamics Committee |
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... cause or probable cause and report the facts , conditions , and circumstances relating to accidents investigated under subsection ( a ) above , but may delegate such authority to any office or official of the Board or to any officer or ...
... cause or probable cause and report the facts , conditions , and circumstances relating to accidents investigated under subsection ( a ) above , but may delegate such authority to any office or official of the Board or to any officer or ...
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... cause for the years 1961 through 1966. Among the groups of causes listed , only those dealing with locomotives , brakes , couplers , and signals come under the scope of our present authority ; and by and large , these groups have shown ...
... cause for the years 1961 through 1966. Among the groups of causes listed , only those dealing with locomotives , brakes , couplers , and signals come under the scope of our present authority ; and by and large , these groups have shown ...
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... cause . I have already noted that few accidents are caused by locomotive defects . We must attribute this in part at least to the inspection of locomotives by the field staff of our Bureau of Railroad Safety . At- tachment D provides a ...
... cause . I have already noted that few accidents are caused by locomotive defects . We must attribute this in part at least to the inspection of locomotives by the field staff of our Bureau of Railroad Safety . At- tachment D provides a ...
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... 5.31 30,810 17.1 1,784 2.95 1965 . 930.4 6.20 31 , 111 16.8 1,835 3. 14 1966 . 941.4 6.95 32 , 038 20.4 1,913 3. 41 1967 . 895.0 7.65 ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1,765 3.92 1 Not available . ATTACHMENT B - TRAIN ACCIDENTS , 1961 THROUGH 1966 Cause 18.
... 5.31 30,810 17.1 1,784 2.95 1965 . 930.4 6.20 31 , 111 16.8 1,835 3. 14 1966 . 941.4 6.95 32 , 038 20.4 1,913 3. 41 1967 . 895.0 7.65 ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1,765 3.92 1 Not available . ATTACHMENT B - TRAIN ACCIDENTS , 1961 THROUGH 1966 Cause 18.
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... Cause 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Negligence of employees : Observance of signals and orders . 136 126 144 128 163 ... causes , including excessive speed .. 594 564 704 713 749 861 Total .... 1,225 1,249 1,435 1,571 1,741 1,999 Defects ...
... Cause 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Negligence of employees : Observance of signals and orders . 136 126 144 128 163 ... causes , including excessive speed .. 594 564 704 713 749 861 Total .... 1,225 1,249 1,435 1,571 1,741 1,999 Defects ...
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acci Accident Reports Administrative Procedure Act amendment American Railroads areas authority Aviation BERNSTEIN brakes brotherhoods BROTZMAN BROWN cars casualties cause Chairman CHESSER class I railroads Collision committee common carrier Congress cost CROTTY DAULTON defects Department of Transportation derailments director of locomotive duty equipment Federal Railroad Administration figures freight FRIEDEL going grade crossings highway hours of service increase injuries inspectors Interstate Commerce Commission investigation Killed Injured KORNEGAY KUYKENDALL legislation liability locomotive inspection maintenance MENK ment miles million MOLONEY motor O'CONNELL passenger penalty percent person prescribe proposed question radio rail commerce rail facilities railroad accidents railroad employees railroad industry railroad safety Railway Labor Act Railway Labor Executives record road rules safety bill safety regulation Secretary BOYD signal SKUBITZ specific SPRINGER standards Stat statement statistics statutes TABLE testimony Thank tion Total track train accidents truck United States attorney violation WATSON
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Page 80 - railroad" as used in this act shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any railroad, and also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement, or lease; and the term "transportation" shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage.
Page 69 - Any action instituted under this subsection shall survive, notwithstanding any change in the person occupying the office of Secretary or any vacancy in such office.
Page 147 - Nothing in this Act shall apply to working conditions of employees with respect to which other Federal agencies...
Page 81 - That the provisions of this Act shall not apply in any case of casualty or unavoidable accident or the act of God; nor where the delay was the result of a cause not known to the carrier or its officer or agent in charge of such employe' at the time said employe left a terminal, and which could not have been foreseen : Provided further, That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the crews of wrecking or relief trains.
Page 72 - July, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, until otherwise ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission, it shall be unlawful for any railroad company to use any car in interstate commerce that is not provided with secure grab irons or handholds in the ends and sides of each car for greater security to men in coupling and uncoupling cars.
Page 80 - ... from one State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, to any other State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or from any place in the United States...
Page 80 - Neither said report nor any report of said investigation nor any part thereof shall be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose in any suit or action for damages growing out of any matter mentioned in said report or investigation.
Page 81 - 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 83 - ... upon any persons who shall hereafter, by extreme daring, endanger their own lives in saving, or endeavoring to save, lives from any wreck, disaster, or grave accident, or in preventing or endeavoring to prevent such wreck, disaster, or grave accident, upon any railroad within the United States engaged in interstate commerce...
Page 81 - ... subject to this act to be or remain on duty for a longer period than sixteen consecutive hours, and whenever any such employe of such common carrier shall have been continuously on duty for sixteen hours he shall be relieved and not required or permitted again to go on duty until he has had at least ten consecutive hours off duty...