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Law change could drive up personnel costs for SEPTA
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on September 14.) PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA has 525 engineers, conductors and assistant conductors to run its railroad. Not one works a 40-hour week. Because of a shortage of qualified...
Heroism and reality collide for rescuers at Metrolink crash site
(The following story by Robert J. Lopez, Garrett Therolf and Scott Gold appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on September 14.) LOS ANGELES — There was spaghetti on the stove at Fire Station 96 when the loudspeaker crackled. Right before dinner. Typical. "Possible...
Cause is offered, but questions linger for inquiry
(The following story by Matthew L. Wald appeared on the New York Times website on September 13.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Whatever Metrolink’s initial assertion about the cause of the deadly train crash Friday in Los Angeles, there is still room for a thorough and revealing...
Control devices could have prevented Metrolink crash, experts say
(The following story by Dan Weikel and Steve Hymon appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on September 14.) LOS ANGELES — Friday's disastrous collision that took the lives of at least 25 people might have been prevented if Metrolink and the region's freight...
NTSB hunts details in deadly commuter train wreck
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Gillian Flaccus on September 14.) LOS ANGELES — Federal investigators on Sunday combed railroad tracks and crushed wreckage looking for evidence to explain the nation's deadliest rail disaster in 15 years and...
Feds: Audio sheds light on deadly LA train wreck
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Amy Taxin on September 15.) LOS ANGELES — Federal investigators said Sunday that audio recordings from a commuter train are missing required verbal safety checks between the engineer and the conductor in the...
Investigators focus on signal in Metrolink tragedy
(The following story by Louis Sahagun, Scott Glover and Ted Rohrlich appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on September 15.) LOS ANGELES — Federal officials investigating Friday's fatal Metrolink train crash focused Sunday on whether a signal that should have...
Metrolink commuter train collides head-on with UP freight; death toll 25 and climbing
(The Associated Press circulated the following on September 13. Tim Smith is Chairman of the BLET’s California State Legislative Board.) LOS ANGELES — The death toll in the collision of a Metrolink train and a freight train reached 25 Saturday and was expected to...
Spokeswoman for Metrolink resigns
(The following story by Peter Sanders appeared on the Wall Street Journal website on September 15.) LOS ANGELES — Three days after a commuter train crash killed 25 people, the spokeswoman for rail agency Metrolink resigned after being criticized for public statements...
Applying for a Railroad Retirement Annuity
(The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on September 9.) CHICAGO — Railroad employees who are planning to retire should be aware of what steps to take and what documents are required when applying for an annuity from the Railroad Retirement Board...
