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   Larry Sheldon to Stephen Sprunk   
   Re: Heavy passenger trains   
   13 Feb 16 19:42:48   
   
   From: lfsheldon@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/12/2016 13:15, Stephen Sprunk wrote:   
   >> >Joe Szabo, former head of the FRA, talked like he would change that.   
   >> >"We're not going to build tanks anymore."  But he pushed hard to   
   >> >require every freight train to have at least two crew members, and   
   >> >apparently was fired for that.   
   > It's strange he'd get fired for that since it's mandated by the unions   
   > _and_  implicitly required by other rules.   
   >   
      
      
   http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/regulatory/fras-szabo-headed   
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