With the news of yet another train accident – in this instance an Amtrak crash that killed two and injured 116 on Feb. 5 in South Carolina – many experts agree it’s time to talk about sleep apnea. Sleep apnea has been found to be a cause of a number of similary accidents in the past, but until now little has been done to address the problem. Starting January 23, 2018, the New York and Atlantic Railway began screening engineers and conductors for the sleeping disorder.