COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan RICHARDSON PREYER, North Carolina ANTHONY TOBY MOFFETT, Connecticut JIM SANTINI, Nevada ANDREW MAGUIRE, New Jersey EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts THOMAS A. LUKEN, Ohio DOUG WALGREN, Pennsylvania ALBERT GORE, JR., Tennessee BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, Maryland RONALD M. MOTTL, Ohio PHIL GRAMM, Texas AL SWIFT, Washington MICKEY LELAND, Texas JAMES T. BROYHILL, North Carolina WILLIAM E. DANNEMEYER, California Statement of: CONTENTS Dempsey, William H., president, Association of American Railroads. Garner, Elmer, Chief, Railroad Accident Division, Bureau of Accident Investigation, National Transportation Safety Board. Gossard, William H., transportation safety specialist, Office of Evalua- Harris, William J., Sc. D., vice president of research and test, Association James, Raymond K., Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation..... Johnston, A. William, vice president of operations and maintenance, Association of American Railroads. King, James B., Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board. Mann, Lawrence M., counsel, Railway Labor Executives Association Rodgers, Paul, administrative director and general counsel, National As- sociation of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Santman, Leon D., Director, Materials Transportation Bureau, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation Snyder, J. R., chairman, Safety Committee, Railway Labor Executives Somers, Pamela E., director of congressional relations, National Associ- Parsons, Robert E., Associate Administrator for Research and Develop- ment, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation.. Association of American Railroads, attachments to Mr. Dempsey's pre- Appendix A-Safety statistics....... 129 National Transportation Safety Board: Letter dated January 15, 1979, from FRA Administrator Sullivan to 60 61 63 Letter dated February 21, 1980, from FRA Administrator Sullivan to Transportation Department, attachments to Mr. Sullivan's prepared State participation-A grant-in-aid program involving States in rail Appendix I-Duties of railroad safety inspector........ (III) |