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FRA? FELA? A Pocket Guide to Railroad Acronyms

Posted by Marc Wietzke on Jan 8, 2020 2:02:37 PM

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SCUBA, LASER and LCD are all acronyms.  Acronyms are meant to help us reduce long, well known (but hard to manage) names like Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act to something memorable and simple, like HIPAA. (Oh yeah, that form I sign at the doctor...)

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Topics: FAQs on the job injuries, PEB, FELA v Workers' Comp, FELA injury, NTSB, how to file a claim against railroad, Thoughts on the legal industry

Without PTC, Amtrak and Railroad Industry Are Out of Control

Posted by Marc Wietzke on May 15, 2015 9:38:23 AM
amtrak ignores ntsb safety warnings on PTC
 
They knew what to do, but chose not to do it
 
Even as we try to sort out what lead Amtrak #188 to accelerate into a curve in Philly, which required deceleration, we are reminded that the very railroad which is supposed to be the prototype for safety for all others, is not keeping up. 
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Topics: Passenger railroad injuries, Railroad safety issues, commuter, reporting safety concerns, Train accidents, injured passengers, NTSB, amtrak

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