Re: Does NR know about this?

[James Robinson <NOSPAM@ERIE.NET>]

David Proctor wrote:

> (btw, I happen to prefer 2-man crews - I think it is safer for both the
> public and the community 

Yup, used to be that trains had five people to handle them, and crews
operated shorter distances, too.  Luddites used the same argument as the
numbers of on-train personnel were reduced one at a time, and as the
distances crews travelled lengthened.  

New technologies and practices have made railroads safer than they have
ever been, and there is no reason to assume that, with proper care,
crews cannot be reduced even more.  Probably inevitable, if not
required, to keep the industry healthy and competitive.