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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... problems are addressed and each statute is limited to particular hazards . In contrast , the more modern ( trans- portation ) safety statutes established desired safety results , leaving the exact manner of achievement to administrative ...
... problems are addressed and each statute is limited to particular hazards . In contrast , the more modern ( trans- portation ) safety statutes established desired safety results , leaving the exact manner of achievement to administrative ...
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... problem we face . At- tachment A - 2 to this testimony shows that in 1966 there was a total of 4,447 derailments reported . Of these , 2,938 were caused by defects in equipment or track , which are among those causes outside our present ...
... problem we face . At- tachment A - 2 to this testimony shows that in 1966 there was a total of 4,447 derailments reported . Of these , 2,938 were caused by defects in equipment or track , which are among those causes outside our present ...
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... problems of today . While the Depart- ment has responsibility over such things as power brakes , automatic couplers , locomotives , and signal devices , the areas over which it has no authority go to the very heart of the safe operation ...
... problems of today . While the Depart- ment has responsibility over such things as power brakes , automatic couplers , locomotives , and signal devices , the areas over which it has no authority go to the very heart of the safe operation ...
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... problems , we have already drawn on State regulatory commissions for assistance in the Department's own program to reduce grade - crossing hazards and accidents . We find that the States are also active in such matters as weed and ...
... problems , we have already drawn on State regulatory commissions for assistance in the Department's own program to reduce grade - crossing hazards and accidents . We find that the States are also active in such matters as weed and ...
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... problem was ar- rested , " *** consideration should be given to supporting or proposing Federal legislation which would provide additional safety regulatory authority for the Department of Transportation in the railroad safety field ...
... problem was ar- rested , " *** consideration should be given to supporting or proposing Federal legislation which would provide additional safety regulatory authority for the Department of Transportation in the railroad safety field ...
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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...