2-person crews may be required on railroads ( Colorado )

Grand Junction Media ^ | March 3, 2016 | Charles Ashby

[george76]

Railroads would be required to have at least two crew members aboard freight trains when they are traversing the state under a bill that won preliminary approval in the Colorado House .

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Minority Leader Brian Del Grosso, R-Loveland, took the Democrats to task over the bill, saying it is a poor way to deal with a problem he said they created.

He said over the past several years, Democrats have made policy decisions that have contributed to the slowdown, and even closure of coal mines, citing the recent closure of the Bowie No. 2 mine near Paonia specifically.

That had a direct impact on the recent furloughing of 147 railroad workers at Union Pacific Railroad’s Grand Junction roundhouse, and the idling of a portion of the steel mill in Pueblo, which manufactures train tracks and pipes for oil and gas wells, Del Grosso said.

“Prior legislatures here have passed policies that have attacked certain industries in our state,” he scolded Democrats on the House floor.

“I’m sorry that you feel guilty and that’s why you feel like you need to support this bill.”

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Del Grosso said Democrats can’t support policies that kill one industry, badly impact others and then try to fix the problem by telling some companies that are hurting because of it who they must hire.

“If you’re angry that railroad people are being laid off, you need to be angry at the fact that policies from this chamber have shut down an industry,” he said.

“We need to be mindful that what we do here has real-world impact, and it puts people out of work.”

[aumrl]

Wonder if you recall the N Philly Sta curve incident?
Anyone ‘fired on the spot’ ?

[MileHi]

You’re stone cold confused.