BLET News
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Daily Headlines
Union Pacific, law enforcement agencies spread the message, ‘You can’t win’
(The following story by Leigh Gentry appeared on The Town Talk website on November 11.) NATCHITOCHES, La. — "You fight a train, you can't win." It is a message Trooper First Class Adrian Landrineau of the Louisiana State Police, other law enforcement agencies and...
RTD, Union Pacific reach tentative deal on property
(The following story by Jeffrey Leib appeared on The Denver Post website on November 7.) DENVER — RTD has reached preliminary agreement on the acquisition of land from Union Pacific Railroad for four FasTracks rail lines at a cost of $185 million. In addition, the...
Jury finds crash victim negligent, rejects award
(The following appeared on the Toledo Blade website on November 11.) TOLEDO, Ohio — The estate of an Adrian truck driver, who died in an April, 2006, crash with a train, was not awarded any money by a Lucas County Common Pleas Court jury, which decided that Daniel...
“Name The Train” contest announced for Amtrak St. Louis to Kansas City service
(Amtrak and the Missouri Department of Transportation issued the following on November 10.) ST. LOUIS – A celebration of 30 years of state-supported passenger rail across Missouri, as well as major service improvements in the works, are the reasons the Missouri...
BNSF boosts PRB coal loadings in October
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on November 11.) October was another good coal-loading month for BNSF Railway Co. in the Powder River Basin (PRB), just not another record-setting month. Last month, the Class I loaded 24.1 million tons of...
Amtrak trains get busier in California
(The following story by Jake Henshaw appeared on the Visalia Times-Delta website on November 11.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nearly one million passengers rode the San Joaquin train in the last year, one of three Amtrak-operated lines in the state that set ridership records...
BNSF boosts PRB coal loadings in October
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on November 11.) October was another good coal-loading month for BNSF Railway Co. in the Powder River Basin (PRB), just not another record-setting month. Last month, the Class I loaded 24.1 million tons of...
Dedicated intermodal service announced for Staten Island Railroad
(The New York City Economic Development Corp. issued the following on November 11.) NEW YORK — New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), along with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and CSX today announced introduction of dedicated...
Railroads face price-fixing suit on surcharges
(Dow Jones circulated the following story by Doug Cameron on November 10.) CHICAGO — U.S. railroad operators could face billions of dollars of damages amid allegations they illegally fixed fuel surcharges, according to counsel for a class-action suit. The four largest...
Amtrak routes hit record ridership in 2008, San Diego to SLO route tops charts
(The following story by Russell Clemings appeared on The Fresno Bee website on November 11.) SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — With gasoline prices spiking in mid-summer, ridership on the Amtrak San Joaquins and other California intercity trains hit a record in the year...
