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yes. they had the train was staffed by three personnel in the locomotive, a locomotive engineer, a conductor and a trainee that were all in the head end of the locomotive. and yet even with the 20 cars with toxic materials under current safety rules that train still did not qualify for designation as a high-hazard flammable train, which would have gotten it, or required at least, a newer safer braking system. so that rule as it stands right now clearly was inadequate for the citizens of east palestine. why not add the newer braking system to any train carrying hazardous material, not just those with more than 20 cars of hazardous material? the ntsb has looked at electronically controlled pneumatic braking for a number of years and we did some testing

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