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Operating a freight train with a single crew member is unsafe

July 15, 2016, Operating a freight train with a single crew member is unsafe By Mike Rankin On December 23, 2004, near Streator, Illinois, three teenagers ignored flashing lights and drove around the gates at a railway crossing. A train struck their car. Two teenagers...

LaPrath elected BNSF/MRL General Chairman

http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=5863 INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, July 8 — Brother E.G. (Jerry) LaPrath was elected by acclamation to the office of General Chairman at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe/Montana Rail Link (BNSF/MRL) General Committee of Adjustment’s...

BLET announces election results

  6/22/2016 The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) recently announced a series of results from elections held in recent weeks: • David Spradlin was elected Kansas City Southern general chairman. He replaces Sam Parker, who retired after 20...

Pullman National Monument, Chicago, IL

    Dear Chicago Federation of Labor Affiliates,   The Historic Pullman Foundation and Pullman National Monument were selected by the National Trust for Historic Preservation to compete with 19 other well established National Parks for a share of $2...

BNSF Railway BNSF trims management, realigns operations

  5/31/2016 BNSF Railway Co. eliminated 62 management jobs last week and realigned its operations organization from three regions to two as of June 1. Two major factors drove the changes: a reduction in coal traffic as well as “significant capital...

Memorial Day 2016

http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=5847 By Dennis R. Pierce BLET National President INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 27 — Each year on Memorial Day, we pause to honor and pay tribute to the men and women who have given their lives serving in our military and to...