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
Cleanup is under way following train derailment in Pevely
(The following story by Robert Kelly appeared on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on December 28.) PEVELY, Mo. — Workers continued to clean up a derailment of six rail cars in Pevely throughout the day Thursday. Six tanker cars on a Union Pacific train left the...
FRA faults NJ Transit crew for fatal train mishap
(The following report appeared on The Star-Ledger website on December 28.) NEWARK, N.J. — The Federal Railroad Administration has found NJ Transit and its crew to blame for the 2006 death of a man who was dragged by a North Jersey Coast Line train as he stepped onto...
Railcars along the river raise resentment
(The following story by Richard Peterson and Jo Dee Black appeared on the Great Falls Tribune website on December 28.) CRAIG, Mont. — A stretch of rail line used as temporary long-term parking for empty flatbed railcars this winter has angered some anglers and...
NS derailment cuts power near Monticello, Ill.
(The following story by Huey Freeman appeared on the Bloomington Pantagraph website on December 27.) MONTICELLO, Ill. — Authorities in Monticello and Piatt County are investigating the derailment of 22 rail cars and the two locomotives of a Norfolk Southern train...
CN focused on efficiency and environmental benefits of EJ&E deal
(CN issued the following on December 28.) MONTREAL — E. Hunter Harrison, president and chief executive officer of CN said recently it's time that public attention in the Chicago area refocuses on the broad rail transportation efficiency and environmental benefits of...
Ill. County chairman to oppose CN-EJ&E deal
(The following story by Dan Petrella, appeared on the Suburban Chicago News website on December 27.) DuPAGE COUNTY, Ill. — Citing safety and environmental concerns, DuPage County Board Chairman Robert Schillerstrom recently announced his opposition to the purchase of...
STB accepts CP Rail application in DM&E deal
(The U.S Surface Transportation Board issued the following on December 27.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board announced today that it has accepted for consideration the Canadian Pacific Railway Corporation and its subsidiaries' (CPRC) application to...
Court halts UTU, Sheet Metal merger
(The UTU issued the following on December 27.) CLEVELAND — After hearing arguments of counsel, a federal district court in Akron, Ohio, on Dec. 27 temporarily halted the UTU-SMWIA merger creating SMART that was to be implemented Jan. 1. On Jan. 4, the court will...
Teamsters offer disaster relieve assistance in Oregon, Washington
CLEVELAND, December 27 — The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for assistance from members in the states of Oregon and Washington regarding severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides that damaged property on December 1, 2007. Oregon...
Central Japan Railway plans $44.7 billion maglev project
(The following story by Atsuko Fukase appeared on the Wall Street Journal website on December 27.) TOKYO — Japanese rail travelers may soon be riding one of the fastest trains in the world: a maglev that would zoom between Tokyo and the Nagoya area at double the speed...
