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Train crew legal responsibilities. Can any professional railroaders shed light?
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The catch is though, that in the event of an incident, usually the whole crew is found to be legally responsible because obviously the conductor was not fulfilling his responsibilities according to these rules, and no one else on the crew took appropriate precaution to remedy that shortfall, also violating their seperate reponsibilities under these rules too. <br /> <br />The only one that MAY come out clean from an incident in some cases may be the trainman / brakeman / conductor trainee, only if he did not directly cause the incident and can be shown to be inexperienced enough to not have known to take action to stop the movement or what not. <br /> <br />Most of the stories I hear from our connecting Class I's (NS and CSXT) are usually the whole crew is fired or disciplined in the event of an incident. So while the conductor may be the "captain" of the train, all of the crew members are still jointly responsible for ensuring safe movement according to the rules.
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