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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY BOSWELL, KIBBIE, GIANNETTO, DEARDEN, JUDGE, 1 3 MURPHY, GETTINGS, SORENSEN, and CONNOLLY 1 4 A Resolution supporting the use of more than one crew 1 5 member in freight railroad operations. 1 6 WHEREAS, if trains are operated with only one crew 1 7 member, the likelihood of highway-rail grade crossings 1 8 being blocked for greater periods of time will 1 9 increase, thereby hindering emergency vehicles; and 1 10 WHEREAS, the use of only one employee in the 1 11 locomotive will reduce the ability to protect against 1 12 human error which may cause an accident; and 1 13 WHEREAS, the possibility of train collisions and 1 14 impacts with highway vehicles will be increased if 1 15 freight trains are allowed to operate with only one 1 16 crew member; and 1 17 WHEREAS, the safety of railroad operations must be 1 18 maintained at its highest level in order to protect 1 19 the public; and 1 20 WHEREAS, the public will be placed at great risk if 1 21 freight railroads are allowed to operate trains with 1 22 only one person in the locomotive; NOW THEREFORE, 1 23 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That no freight 1 24 railroad should operate a train in Iowa with only one 1 25 crew member working in the locomotive. 1 26 LSB 4480SS 76 1 27 jls/jw/5
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