A BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
TO ESTABLISH SAFETY STANDARDS, RULES, AND REGULA-
TIONS FOR RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, TRACKAGE, FACILITIES,
AND OPERATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
(And Related Bills)

FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR RAILROAD

SAFETY

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON
INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETIETH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 16980

A BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
TO ESTABLISH SAFETY STANDARDS, RULES, AND REGULA-
TIONS FOR RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, TRACKAGE, FACILITIES,
AND OPERATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman

Benson, Ernest H., national legislative representative, Brotherhood

of Maintenance of Way Employees.

Bernstein, Sheldon, counsel, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way

Employees and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

Bloom, George I., chairman, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commis-

sion, and member, executive committee, National Association of

Regulatory Utility Commissioners___

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1

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149

179

221

259

301

339

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149

55, 149

362

Boyd, Hon. Alan S., Secretary, Department of Transportation. 226, 259

Chesser, Al H., national legislative representative, Brotherhood of

Railroad Trainmen, and chairman, Safety Committee, Railway

Labor Executives' Association___.

Corcoran, Leroy C., Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad Administration,

Department of Transportation.

Croft, P. H., president, American Short Line Railroad Association...

Crotty, Harold C., president, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way

Employees---

Daulton, H. C., director of safety, Louisville & Nashville Railroad,

representing the Association of American Railroads__

Forst, Merle A., director, Bureau of Transportation, Pennsylvania

Public Utility Commission, appearing on behalf of the National

Association of Regulatory Útility Commissioners..

55

8

390

149

179

362

Fravel, William, executive assistant, Brotherhood of Railroad Train-

men_

Goodfellow, Thomas M., president, Association of American Rail-

roads

Homer, Winfield M., Labor Bureau of the Middle West, on behalf

of the Railway Labor Executives' Association; economist, Brother-

hood of Maintenance of Way Employees-

Lang, A. Scheffer, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration,

Department of Transportation__

55

380

55, 149

8, 226, 259

McCarthy, Hon. Richard D., a Representative in Congress from the

State of New York...

Menk, Louis W., president and chief executive officer, Northern

Pacific Railway Co., representing the Association of American Rail-

roads.

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170, 221, 301

Moloney, William M., general counsel, Association of American

Railroads

198, 221, 301, 380

O'Connell, Hon. Joseph J., Jr., Chairman, National Transportation

Safety Board, Department of Transportation..

339

Puls, Fritz, General Counsel, National Transportation Safety Board,

Department of Transportation..

339

Rodgers, Paul, counsel, National Association of Regulatory Utility

Commissioners..

362

Sweeney, John L., Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs, Department

of Transportation..

259