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>> Dunno if you've been to Europe > I live in Europe right now, thank you. Then I don't know if you've lived in the US. I've lived and worked both places. As
by CalChris 10y ago
>> Dunno if you've been to Europe
> I live in Europe right now, thank you.
Then I don't know if you've lived in the US. I've lived and worked both places.
As for 81 FR 13917, you're mis-summarizing your source.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/03/15/2016-05553/train-crew-staffing https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/03/15/2016-05...
Indeed, the previous sentence was:
Finally, railroads have achieved an improving safety record
during a period in which the industry largely employed
two-person train crews.
Maybe when Positive Train Control (which you refer to as a Comedy of Errors) is fully in place, you might be right and train crews could be reduced. Until then, you're essentially saying that 1 person crews are enough because Labor Unions. Calculate how much that labor is costing as a percentage of the train revenue and get back to me. I doubt Warren is looking that far past the decimal point.
Basically, you sound anti-labor and anti-regulation. Just say it.
BTW, outside of Spain's Iberian gauge, I'm not aware of any inter-country freight problems.
- fennecfoxen 10y ago> BTW, outside of Spain's Iberian gauge, I'm not aware of any inter-country freight problems. Loading gauge, not track gauge. Here in Britain, Network Rail's standard W6a gauge is too small for standard shipping containers on standard cars. You need to get up to W8 for that, and W10 for High-Cube. They have that on certain corridors only. You can use special low-deck cars to get around it, of course, though those are heavier and more expensive to own and operate. Meanwhile in the US, all that investment cash has made double-stacked container transport the norm rather than the exception. Do not expect to see it in Europe in either of our lifetimes.