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...knows how large a role fatigue has played in train and air disasters over the years, but the danger is undisputed. A drowsy engineer and crew were deemed the probable cause of the 1988 head-on collision of two Conrail freight trains near Thompsontown, Pa., a crash that cost four lives and $6 million. Long plane flights that cross through many time zones are more common than ever, and they often leave pilots suffering from jet lag. Yet today's highly automated cockpits require pilots to be especially vigilant in monitoring dials and digital displays. Says one pilot...
...campaign to uncover drug usage among workers has been fueled in part by a series of drug-related accidents. In one of the worst, a 1987 collision of Conrail and Amtrak trains that killed 16, investigators determined that a Conrail engineer and conductor had been smoking marijuana just before the accident. So far, testing has support from an important group: the workers. In a Gallup poll released last month, a majority of adults said they favored random testing...
...wreck was the bloodiest in Amtrak's history. On Jan. 4, 1987, a string of Conrail locomotives rolled past warning signals near Baltimore and collided with a high-speed passenger train carrying more than 600 people. The fiery crash killed 16 and injured 176. Public dismay turned to anger when it was revealed that engineer Ricky Gates had been smoking marijuana at the controls of the Conrail train. Gates admitted the drug use and pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a urine test, required by the Government of railroad employees involved in serious accidents, revealed traces of marijuana. The tragedy fueled...
This fall, Baldwin will teach a seminar onempirical approaches to corporate finance, and inthe spring she will lead a seminar on the theoryof corporate finance. She is currently writing apaper with the working title: "Selling GovernmentAssets: the Lessons of Conrail," which deals withthe government's auctioning of the then-newlyprofitable railroad...
INDICTED. Ricky L. Gates, 32, engineer of the Conrail locomotives that collided with an Amtrak passenger train in Maryland last January, killing 16 and injuring 175, the worst wreck in Amtrak's history; on 16 counts of manslaughter, punishable by up to five years in prison and a $1,000 fine on each count; in Towson...