A Union Pacific diesel-powered locomotive pulling about 38 cars of gravel across the Great Plains sat idle at a railyard north of Chickasha on Sunday. Each car of the estimated quarter-mile long train has a 2,300 cubic-foot capacity, weighing up to 225,000 pounds each.
Bill would set minimum crew for trains
Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
OKLAHOMA CITY – Any freight train operating in Oklahoma would have to be staffed with a minimum crew of two, House Bill 2874 mandates.
Tuesday, January 28, 2020