Cory Martin
Illinois State Legislative Board Chairman
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Federal Legislation & Regulation STB withdraws proposal to prioritize freight trains over Amtrak
The U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) yesterday released two rulings related to oversight of Amtrak operations, including a decision that it would withdraw an STB proposal that would have allowed railroads to prioritize freight trains over passenger trains....
Rail News: Union Pacific Railroad UP’s Q2 profit drops 19 percent on lower volumes
7/21/2016 Union Pacific Corp. reported today its second-quarter 2016 profit fell to $979 million, or $1.17 per diluted share, compared with $1.2 billion, or $1.38 per diluted share, in second-quarter 2015. Operating revenue declined 12 percent to $4.8 billion,...
BLET testifies for two-person crews at FRA hearing
BLET NEWS FLASH http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=5866 INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, July 18 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) testified in favor of two-person train crews at a hearing convened by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)...
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 investments"...
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...
Blame the railroad industry and lobbyists, not the Amtrak engineer
Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University on May 19, 2016 (2) “NTSB to cite operator error in deadly Amtrak derailment.” The news story came on the eve of the National Transportation Safety Board’s...