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Bipartisan support emerges for railroad safety bill in U.S. Senate
(Source: Associated Press, March 22, 2023) A bipartisan consensus that Congress should act to toughen regulations on railroads emerged Wednesday as senators heard fresh testimony on the fiery hazardous train derailment last month on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. Full...
Class I employment rose in February 2023
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 22, 2023) Class Is operating in the United States employed 120,210 people in February, a 0.81% increase over January's employment levels and a 5.19% increase year over year, according to Surface Transportation Board data. Five...
UP reaches paid sick leave agreements with eight unions
(Source: Freight Waves, March 22, 2023) On the heels of deals at other Class I railroads, Union Pacific has reached agreements with eight unions to provide workers up to seven paid sick days. The agreement goes into effect April 1. According to a prepared statement...
Rail traffic down 9.4% from 2022 for week ending March 22, 2023
(Source: Railway Age, March 22, 2023) U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 18 (Week 11) dipped 9.4% from the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported March 22. U.S. Class I railroads hauled a total of 453,500 carloads and...
NTSB examines pressure relief devices from East Palestine derailment
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, March 21, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board examined and tested pressure relief devices removed from the five vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) tank cars...
FRA issues supplemental NPRM for emergency escape breathing apparatus standards
(Source: Railway Age, March 22, 2023) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on March 22 released a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) to expand occupational noise exposure regulations and require railroads to provide locomotive crews with...
Editorial: Trains are huge polluters, and California regulators should clean them up
(Source: Editorial in the Los Angeles Times, March 20, 2023) Communities near railyards, ports and other freight corridors have long been hit hard by air pollution from dirty, old locomotives. These massive, track-mounted vehicles, which use a diesel generator to...
BLET News
President Hall honors 40-year members John Tolman and Tom Pontolillo
One-person trains “make no sense” Senator Brown says
Welcome aboard, Brother Gomez
Registration open for Legislative Representative training class, June 5-9, 2023
BLET members ratify Springfield Terminal implementing agreement
BLET members ratify new contract with CP Rail/Soo Line
Funeral arrangements for fallen Brother Lou Shuster
In The Line of Duty: BLET Division 607 President Louis P. Shuster
BLET resumes in-person training classes; Will host Legislative Rep training in June
Daily Headlines
Bipartisan support emerges for railroad safety bill in U.S. Senate
(Source: Associated Press, March 22, 2023) A bipartisan consensus that Congress should act to toughen regulations on railroads emerged Wednesday as senators heard fresh testimony on the fiery hazardous train derailment last month on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. Full...
Class I employment rose in February 2023
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 22, 2023) Class Is operating in the United States employed 120,210 people in February, a 0.81% increase over January's employment levels and a 5.19% increase year over year, according to Surface Transportation Board data. Five...
UP reaches paid sick leave agreements with eight unions
(Source: Freight Waves, March 22, 2023) On the heels of deals at other Class I railroads, Union Pacific has reached agreements with eight unions to provide workers up to seven paid sick days. The agreement goes into effect April 1. According to a prepared statement...
Rail traffic down 9.4% from 2022 for week ending March 22, 2023
(Source: Railway Age, March 22, 2023) U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 18 (Week 11) dipped 9.4% from the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported March 22. U.S. Class I railroads hauled a total of 453,500 carloads and...
NTSB examines pressure relief devices from East Palestine derailment
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, March 21, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board examined and tested pressure relief devices removed from the five vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) tank cars...
FRA issues supplemental NPRM for emergency escape breathing apparatus standards
(Source: Railway Age, March 22, 2023) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on March 22 released a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) to expand occupational noise exposure regulations and require railroads to provide locomotive crews with...
Editorial: Trains are huge polluters, and California regulators should clean them up
(Source: Editorial in the Los Angeles Times, March 20, 2023) Communities near railyards, ports and other freight corridors have long been hit hard by air pollution from dirty, old locomotives. These massive, track-mounted vehicles, which use a diesel generator to...
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