Hours of Service Act Amendments of 1969: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, First Session ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969 - 278 pages |
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16 hours 24-hour period ADAMS additional agreement amendments assignments average bill Brakemen BROTZMAN BURTON CHAIRMAN changes CHESSER class I railroads collective bargaining committee common carrier Conductors CONGRESS THE LIBRARY consecutive hours correct COUGHLIN deadheading DEERLIN Department of Transportation ECKHARDT effect factor fatigue Federal Railroad Administration freight service freight trains FRIEDEL going GOODFELLOW HASTINGS HILTZ home terminal hours of service hours off duty Interstate Commerce Commission legislation LIBRARY OF CONGRE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS limit locomotive engineers long hours MANION maximum MCGUIRE ment mileage mins negotiate number of hours overtime passenger Penn Central percent present law proposed provisions question rail railroad employees railroad industry railroad safety Railway Labor reduced remain on duty rest period road road switcher Service Act SKUBITZ statement statistics testimony Thank TIERNAN tion train accidents unions United Transportation Union yard service
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Page 2 - ... from one State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, to any other State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or from any place in the United States...
Page 2 - railroad" as used in this act shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any railroad, and also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement, or lease; and the term "transportation" shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage.
Page 6 - March fourth, nineteen hundred and seven; also in all causes arising under an "Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous, brakes and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes...
Page 7 - I ask that it be inserted in the record. The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, it is so ordered. Mr.
Page 3 - That the provisions of this act shall not apply in any case of casualty or unavoidable accident or the act of God; nor where the delay was the result of a cause not known to the carrier or its officer or agent in charge of such employee at the time said employee left a terminal, and which could not have been foreseen: Provided further, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the crews of wrecking or relief trains.
Page 3 - ... to be recovered in a suit or suits to be brought by the United States district attorney in the district court of the United States having jurisdiction in the locality where such violation shall have been committed...
Page 90 - That no operator, train dispatcher, or other employee who by the use of the telegraph or telephone dispatches, reports, transmits, receives, or delivers orders pertaining to or affecting train movements...
Page 5 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier, its officers or agents subject to this Act, to require or permit any...
Page 209 - ... hours on duty under the Federal law, or within two hours of the time limit provided by State laws, if State hiws govern.
Page 3 - That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers, their officers, agents and employees, engaged in the transportation of passengers or property by railroad in the District of Columbia, or in any Territory of the United States, or from one State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia to any other State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, or...