{"id":37576,"date":"2015-01-22T14:42:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T19:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/opinion-rail-lines-should-not-compromise-safety\/"},"modified":"2015-01-22T14:42:19","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T19:42:19","slug":"opinion-rail-lines-should-not-compromise-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/opinion-rail-lines-should-not-compromise-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Rail lines should not compromise safety","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
The Associated Press article on railroads’ collective push to reduce freight train crews from two persons to one is informative yet fails to address the very real danger of equipment, mechanical or infrastructure failure.<\/p>\n
As a matter of record I am a 40-year railroad conductor and chaired my union’s state safety board for 16 years.<\/p>\n