Freight railroads ask courts to throw out new rule requiring two-person crews on trains

BY JOSH FUNK

FILE – A maintenance worker walks past the company logo on the side of a locomotive in the Union Pacific Railroad fueling yard in north Denver, Oct. 18, 2006. Four railroads, including Union Pacific, have asked federal appeals courts to throw out a new rule that would require two-person train crews in most circumstances. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Four railroads have asked federal appeals courts to throw out a new rule that would require two-person train crews in most circumstances, saying the mandate is arbitrary, capricious and an illegal abuse of discretion. To continue reading…

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