Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

DOYLE, Judge.

Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) appeals an order of the Public Utility Commission (Commission) sustaining the complaint of United Transportation Union (UTU) which prohibited Conrail’s operation of light engines in the long nose configuration with only one engineer.

This matter began on May 26, 1983, when the UTU filed a complaint with the Commission alleging that Conrail was operating “light engines” 1 in Pennsylvania with only one engineer and that such operating practice was unsafe. The complaint sought abatement of this practice by any means other than requiring…