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Railroads dealt setback in bids for one person crews.
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i am a retired railroad conductor ( road conductor) back in the late sixties there was a full crew law in the state of indiana that there had to be five men, the engineer , the fireman the head man and third man, and at the rear was the conductor and the rear brakeman or rear flagman. that is all gone now thanks to the union and the government. before i retired there was the engineer and the conductor. no matter if the railroad have the technology that one man crew is safew,it is not whgat happens if the engineer has a heart attack will the on board system stop the train, or say if the train goes into emergency, say a broken drawbar or knuckle that has happened. so a two man crew is safer than one man crew. thank you
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