By UTU News | Wed, 26 Dec 2012
One of the strongest studies validating the need for two-person crews and intensive training for conductors has come from the Federal Railroad Administration.
The conclusion is that the conductor and engineer function as a team, with managing multiple priorities essential to safe train operation – especially with regard to use of positive train control technology that will be installed on some 40 percent of mainline track.
The FRA observes that such mixed territory operation will require a higher level of vigilance by the train crew, including detailed knowledge of territory that can come only from intensive conductor training. [Read more…]
