{"id":21173,"date":"2013-07-28T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/?p=21173"},"modified":"2013-07-28T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T00:00:00","slug":"crashes-traumatic-for-railroad-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/crashes-traumatic-for-railroad-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Crashes traumatic for railroad employees","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
Crashes are traumatic for both victims and the railroad employees who witness the tragedies unfold.<\/p>\n
An average freight train has 100 cars and at least two engines, a total package weighing as much as 6,000 tons. Traveling at 55 mph, such a train takes at least a mile to come to a stop, according to U.S. Department of Transportation data.<\/p>\n