{"id":20369,"date":"2013-05-09T10:03:54","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T14:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/?p=20369"},"modified":"2013-05-09T10:03:54","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T14:03:54","slug":"how-to-prevent-americas-next-train-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/how-to-prevent-americas-next-train-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"How to prevent America’s next train crash","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
The evening of Jan. 5, 2005, was dry and cool in Graniteville, S.C. At 6:10, a 12-car Norfolk Southern freight train pulled up to the Avondale Mills textile plant, and Jim Thornton, a conductor with 18 years\u2019 experience, climbed down from the locomotive to open a switch and let the train roll onto a siding.<\/p>\n
It was getting close to the hour by which, according to law, the crew had to quit for the day and rest.<\/p>\n