Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Locomotive engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Amtrak's Northeast Corridor Trains Operate with a One-person Locomotive Crew
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Locomotive engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
AMTRAK's Northeast Corridor Trains Operate With a One-Person Locomotive Crew
Author: United States General Accounting of GaoPublisher:
ISBN: 9781090609410
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
AMTRAK's Northeast Corridor Trains Operate With a One-Person Locomotive Crew
Amtrak's Northeast Corridor Trains Operate with a One-Person Locomotive Crew
Author: United States Accounting Office (GAO)Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781719261548
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
AMTRAK's Northeast Corridor Trains Operate With a One-Person Locomotive Crew
Transportation
Author: U. S. Government Accountability Office (Publisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289020750
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the operation of National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK) trains in the Northeast Corridor, focusing on: (1) issues associated with the practice of operating each train with only one engineer; (2) the cost of stationing an additional engineer in each train; (3) AMTRAK safety records in the Northeast Corridor; and (4) changes in engineers' work schedules. GAO found that AMTRAK has installed equipment in all of its Northeast Corridor locomotives that automatically stops each train if: (1) the engineer does not reset the system every 26 to 28 seconds; (2) speed signals are not obeyed within 6 seconds; or (3) the locomotive exceeds authorized speeds. AMTRAK checks the safety equipment on each locomotive daily to ensure proper operation. Since there have been only 13 instances of equipment malfunction identified in over 5 years, GAO and AMTRAK believe that both the equipment and the inspection procedures are adequate. GAO also found that: (1) it would cost approximately $16.5 million annually to place a second engineer in the cab of each Northeast Corridor train; (2) over a 5-year period, engineers did not have any health problems at work that affected their ability to operate trains; and (3) while the number of deaths of trespassers and AMTRAK maintenance employees did not change significantly over the same 5-year period, the number of injuries to trespassers and employees declined significantly. In addition, GAO found that: (1) an agreement between AMTRAK and the engineers' union increased the number of round trips that each engineer could make in a month; and (2) while engineers make more trips each month, no appreciable change has occurred in engineers' work schedules under the agreement.
Amtrak's Northeast Corridor Trains Operate with a One-person Locomotive Crew
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Locomotive engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Northeast Corridor
Author: GAO Documents
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Catalog of reports, decisions and opinions, testimonies and speeches.
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1200
Book Description
Transportation, Bibliography of GAO Documents, January 1985-December 1988
Author: United States. General Accounting Office. RCED.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation and state
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Publications List
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description