Major freight railroads will have to maintain ... in 2013 demonstrated the benefit of having a conductor aboard the train. The conductor helped separate undamaged tank cars filled with crude ...
Two weeks ago, a BNSF freight train conductor, who asked not to be named so he could speak freely about his experience, fell asleep on duty while the train was moving.
A derailment of a mile-long freight train that injured two crew members overnight is under investigation. It happened in the ...
Problem is, there is no silver bullet here. A few career lives ago, I was a railroad freight conductor. Toughed it out for two years and quit for the same reasons the unions are complaining about ...