(Source: Seattle Times, March 10, 2015)
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington’s Republican-controlled Senate could set a national precedent with a bill passed Monday night that would require up to two railroad workers in the rear of trains carrying crude oil and other hazardous cargo. Currently, BNSF Railway, the largest freight hauler in Washington, is not required to carry rear brakemen in any of the 28 states where it operates, according to Gus Melonas, a BNSF spokesman.
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