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Train crew legal responsibilities. Can any professional railroaders shed light?
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I posted this question on the Model Railroader forum and one of the respondents suggested I might be more likely to find my answer on the Trains forum, so here goes: <br /> <br />I've been thinking recently about the roles of train crew members and it occurred to me I don't know who has the ultimate responsibility for a train. I know the engineer is responsible for obeying signal indications and following instructions in the time table and train orders, and I know the conductor concerned with switching strategy and signaling the engineer to proceed when a train is ready to move, but who has the overall responsibility for the train? <br /> <br />In the aviation and marine worlds there is a captain who has the ultimate legal authority and responsibility. Is there a "captain" of the train? If so, who is it? <br /> <br />Charlie
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