(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 19, 2016)
In light of the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) decision earlier this week on the probable cause of Amtrak’s fatal derailment in May 2015, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) has renewed its request that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issue an emergency order to prohibit railroads’ use of certain fuel management locomotive technologies.
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