Amtak Continues to Burn Options

[ICGsteve]

MICRO, N.C. -- An Amtrak train engine caught fire as it traveled through Johnston County Saturday.

NBC TV

JEEZ, is it too much to ask of Amtrak for them to keep their locomotives in a good enough state of repair that they don't keep burning-up while on the road??? Apparently it is.

This post has been edited by ICGsteve: Aug 26 2007, 11:12 AM

[ICGsteve]

Q: do AMtrak employees follow host railroad emergency procedures or is it Amtrak procedures that have been signed off on by the railroads?

[AlanB]

Q: do AMtrak employees follow host railroad emergency procedures or is it Amtrak procedures that have been signed off on by the railroads?

Amtrak engineers and conductors must first follow host RR emergency procedures, and it's really more the procedures agreed upon by collective RR's. East of the Mississippi most RR's follow NORAC (Northest Operating Rules Advisory Committee) procedures, west of the Mississippi, it's called GCOR (General Code of Operating Rules). With the exception of small short line RR's that didn't join one of those two collectives, everyone follows those rules whether they are running on their own RR's tracks or running on a competitor's tracks through shared operations.

Once those are taken care of, then and only then can Amtrak require further procedures/steps that they must take.