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 ==APPENDIX B PERSONNEL INFORMATION== Willis E Copeland

The 53-year-old locomotive engineer of Amtrak train 66 began working for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in August 1957 and was promoted to locomotive engineer in October 1969. He operated in the same territory for his entire career. In September 1976, Amtrak hired him in a supervisory position as a road foreman, and in January 1983, employed him as a locomotive engineer. He had been working his regular assignment since the end of October 1990.

Richard L Abramson

The 41-year-old apprentice engineer on Amtrak train 66 was in the OJT phase of the Amtrak locomotive engineer training program. In June 1990, he entered the locomotive engineer training program; in November 1990, he completed physical characteristics qualification on two routes, the engineer training school, and simulator training; and in December 1990, he entered the OJT phase. Before entering the locomotive engineer training program, he had been employed as an engine attendant at New Haven, Connecticut.