Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

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  • NJT Plans Safety Review

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    John Bobsin

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    In part reacting to the recent fatal train wreck on Metro-North Railroad, NJ Transit announced on April 8 that they would spend half a million dollars on an outside consultant to review NJT’s safety practices, according to media reports.  The railroad also plans a 17-member internal committee to monitor safety.  Investigations of Metro-North’s safety practices…

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  • Charges Unlikely in Metro-North Wreck

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    John Bobsin

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    After 4 passengers died in the Metro-North wreck on December 1, suspicion rapidly focused on the engineer after it became apparent that he either dozed off or was in some sort of “highway hypnosis” state before the crash—but does that put him at fault, or is he just human?  According to reporting online by Murray…

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  • Wreck Recalls Past Jersey Train Disasters

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    John Bobsin

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    Rail safety has greatly improved in recent decades, but the fatal Metro-North derailment on December 1 has brought back memories of past train wrecks in New Jersey, as recounted by Matt Flegenheimer in the Star-Ledger (Dec. 2).  Perhaps the worst was way back in 1958, when 48 commuters perished as a Jersey Central Railroad train…

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  • Deaths on Tracks Surge

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    John Bobsin

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    Despite NJ Transit and Amtrak efforts, deaths of pedestrians on passenger-rail trackage in New Jersey continue to increase, according to reporting by Mark Mueller in the Star-Ledger (August 28).  In 2012, 22 such deaths occurred; so far this year, 23 deaths have taken place, and if the carnage continues at the current pace 2013 will…

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