{"id":20976,"date":"2013-07-12T12:59:17","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T16:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/?p=20976"},"modified":"2013-07-12T12:59:17","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T16:59:17","slug":"lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-man crews limited damage in 1996 train wreck","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MONTREAL \u2014 Nearly two decades ago, the fiery derailment of a Wisconsin train became a rallying point in a union fight to make the state the first in the United States to require two-person crews on locomotives.<\/p>\n<p>The 1996 wreckage of the train, which sent fireballs exploding 90 meters in the air, was operated by Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp., then headed by Ed Burkhardt, the CEO of the railway now under scrutiny for a rail disaster early Saturday in Lac-M\u00e9gantic.<\/p>\n<p>During the Wisconsin derailment, union leaders credited the actions of the conductor \u2014 who uncoupled the cars carrying chemicals and propane to prevent the fire from spreading further \u2014 at a time when several rail companies, including Burkhardt\u2019s Wisconsin Central, were experimenting with the use of one-person crews.<\/p>\n<p>Read the complete story at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealgazette.com\/business\/M%C3%A9gantic+crews+limited+damage+1996+train+wreck\/8649189\/story.html\">Montreal Gazette<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONTREAL \u2014 Nearly two decades ago, the fiery derailment of a Wisconsin train became a rallying point in a union fight to make the state the first in the United States to require two-person crews on locomotives. The 1996 wreckage of the train, which sent fireballs exploding 90 meters in the air, was operated by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,18],"tags":[],"member_types":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Two-man crews limited damage in 1996 train wreck - SMART Union<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two-man crews limited damage in 1996 train wreck - SMART Union\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MONTREAL \u2014 Nearly two decades ago, the fiery derailment of a Wisconsin train became a rallying point in a union fight to make the state the first in the United States to require two-person crews on locomotives. The 1996 wreckage of the train, which sent fireballs exploding 90 meters in the air, was operated by [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SMART Union\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-07-12T16:59:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"paul\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"paul\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"paul\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#\/schema\/person\/3bf284ac953ca998cc3f03167a72c88f\"},\"headline\":\"Two-man crews limited damage in 1996 train wreck\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-07-12T16:59:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-07-12T16:59:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/\"},\"wordCount\":141,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Transportation\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/\",\"name\":\"Two-man crews limited damage in 1996 train wreck - SMART Union\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-07-12T16:59:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-07-12T16:59:17+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Two-man crews limited damage in 1996 train wreck\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/\",\"name\":\"SMART Union\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SMART Union\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SMART_logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SMART_logo.svg\",\"width\":280,\"height\":57,\"caption\":\"SMART Union\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#\/schema\/person\/3bf284ac953ca998cc3f03167a72c88f\",\"name\":\"paul\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb3b121961f32ba73202c7c88bf18eb6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb3b121961f32ba73202c7c88bf18eb6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"paul\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/author\/paul\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Two-man crews limited damage in 1996 train wreck - SMART Union","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Two-man crews limited damage in 1996 train wreck - SMART Union","og_description":"MONTREAL \u2014 Nearly two decades ago, the fiery derailment of a Wisconsin train became a rallying point in a union fight to make the state the first in the United States to require two-person crews on locomotives. The 1996 wreckage of the train, which sent fireballs exploding 90 meters in the air, was operated by [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/","og_site_name":"SMART Union","article_published_time":"2013-07-12T16:59:17+00:00","author":"paul","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"paul","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/"},"author":{"name":"paul","@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#\/schema\/person\/3bf284ac953ca998cc3f03167a72c88f"},"headline":"Two-man crews limited damage in 1996 train wreck","datePublished":"2013-07-12T16:59:17+00:00","dateModified":"2013-07-12T16:59:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/"},"wordCount":141,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#organization"},"articleSection":["News","Transportation"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/","url":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/","name":"Two-man crews limited damage in 1996 train wreck - SMART Union","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-07-12T16:59:17+00:00","dateModified":"2013-07-12T16:59:17+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-two-man-crews-limited-damage-in-wreck\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Two-man crews limited damage in 1996 train wreck"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/","name":"SMART Union","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#organization","name":"SMART Union","url":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SMART_logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SMART_logo.svg","width":280,"height":57,"caption":"SMART Union"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#\/schema\/person\/3bf284ac953ca998cc3f03167a72c88f","name":"paul","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb3b121961f32ba73202c7c88bf18eb6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb3b121961f32ba73202c7c88bf18eb6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"paul"},"url":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/author\/paul\/"}]}},"image_url":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20976"},{"taxonomy":"member_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member_types?post=20976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}