Shortline Sammie Wrote:
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> News report is that "OSHA" is involved....since
> when have they replaced the FRA on rail safety
> issues?
>
> The last OSHA inspector we encountered was ten
> years ago when we had a manlift PROPERLY secured
> to a flatcar trimming trees. He tried to flex his
> muscles saying this wasn't a railroad operation,
> that what we were doing was unsafe and that he had
> the authority to write a citation. I promptly
> showed him the flatcar wheels on the rails
> assuring him it WAS a railroad operation, ushered
> him off the property and threatened to write him a
> trespassing citation if he returned.
>
> Never heard another word.
>
> Dick Samuels
> Oregon Pacific Railroad

That's how its done