Legal Opinion
National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Consolidated Rail Corporation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 5, 1990No. 88-7238, 88-7245PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG.
D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
Consolidated Railroad Corporation, or Conrail, operates freight trains in the northeast corridor over rails owned by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, known as Amtrak, pursuant to an Operating Agreement between the two carriers. On January 4, 1987, a Conrail locomotive collided with an Amtrak train on Amtrak’s main passenger line near Chase, Maryland, killing fifteen passengers and the Amtrak engineer and injuring hundreds of other passengers and some railroad employees.
According to the Conrail…
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