Regulator blasts use of one-member train crew
By Associated Press on Aug 23, 2013, at 5:23 AM
Transportation
As automakers race to make cheaper electric cars with greater battery range, General Motors is working on one that can go 200 miles per charge at a cost of about $30,000, a top company executive said Monday.
BNSF Railway Co. announced Monday it is spending $125 million to expand and improve its system in Oklahoma. Projects will include a new bypass connection at the Cherokee rail yard in west Tulsa and extending a siding area on the carrier's tracks near Mannford.
The Federal Railroad Administration’s
top official says he’s “shocked” that a
Maine-based rail company is still using
one-person crews following a deadly
train disaster in Canada.
Canada already ordered Montreal,
Maine & Atlantic to use at least two
crew members for trains operating
there. But FRA Administrator Joseph
Szabo said the company has continued
to use one-person crews in Maine.
MM&A filed bankruptcy after an unattended
train with 72 tankers of crude
oil crashed into Lac-Megantic, Quebec,
on July 6, killing 47 people and destroying
buildings in the heart of town.
Transportation
As automakers race to make cheaper electric cars with greater battery range, General Motors is working on one that can go 200 miles per charge at a cost of about $30,000, a top company executive said Monday.
BNSF Railway Co. announced Monday it is spending $125 million to expand and improve its system in Oklahoma. Projects will include a new bypass connection at the Cherokee rail yard in west Tulsa and extending a siding area on the carrier's tracks near Mannford.
