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Chapter 1: Safety Appliances and Equipment on Railroad Engines and Cars, and Protection of Employees and Travelers Chapter 2 : Liability for Injuries to Employees Chapter 3 : Hours of Service of Employees
In 1907, a bill was introduced in Congress to limit the maximum number of hours that railroad employees had to work in a twenty-four-hour period, known as the La Follette Hours of Service Act, after its chief sponsor, Senator Robert La Follette Sr. of Wisconsin. While this bill did not specifically address railroad telegraphers, a similar bill ...
Via Rail Canada Inc. (reporting mark VIA) (/ ˈ v iː ə /), operating as Via Rail or Via (stylized as VIA Rail), is a Canadian Crown corporation that is mandated to operate intercity passenger rail service in Canada.
Kansas City Southern (KCS) was a transportation holding company with railroad investments in the United States, Mexico, and Panama and operated from 1887 to 2023. The KCS rail network included about 7,299 miles (11,747 km) of track in the U.S. and Mexico. [2] KCS network map (trackage rights in purple)
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is a transit agency serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex of Texas.It operates buses, light rail, commuter rail, and high-occupancy vehicle lanes in Dallas and twelve of its suburbs.
Israel Railways currently operates 15 passenger service lines. [8] These can be broadly subdivided into inter-city lines, which connect two or more of Israel's major metropolitan centres ( Tel Aviv , Jerusalem , Haifa , and Beersheba ), usually skipping some of the intermediate stations, and commuter lines, centered on one metropolitan area and ...
The Brazilian's Federal Railroad Police was created in 1852 by decree of the emperor Dom Pedro II, making it the oldest police agency in Brazil.There are [when?] some proposals in the Brazilian Senate to reactivate this police agency, as it is considered important to national security.
Entrance to CTA headquarters. The Chicago Transit Authority provides service in Chicago and 10 surrounding suburbs. The CTA provided a total of 532 million rides in 2011, [6] a 3 percent increase over 2010 with ridership rising to levels not seen for 20 years.