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Subject: Scioto Division



The Hours of Service Law went from 16 hours TO 14 HOURS, then to 12 hours.  Scioto Divison
had  ID (mean inter-divisonal) crews that ran from Portsmouth to Bluefield.  Soon after
the ID runs were initiated, one of the Portsmouth crews sideswiped a train at Farm. NTSB
investigators concluded that the Portsmouth crew missed the distant signal, which was
only in view for a few brief seconds.  Harry Bundy  
 
Thank you Mr. Bundy;
Was that after the road had been converted to all diesel. I rode a time freight from Bluefield to Portsmouth Ohio in the mid 70's. My brother was head brakeman, and Mr. L.W. Buckland was the engineer. It was Friday before the 4th of July weekend. We road a van all the way back to Bluefield that night. 
Gene A.


>From memory --- the 14-hour law was in effect for two years before the hours of service

was reduced to 12 hours.  1970 was one of the years where 14 hours was the maximum. HWB  
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