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Former BLE General Chairman Robert E. Pelava, 1931-2007
(The following obituary appeared on the St. Paul Pioneer Press website on August 15, and includes additional information from BLET editors.) ST. PAUL, Minn. —Robert E. (Bob) Pelava, former BLE General Chairman on the BNSF North Lines, died quietly August 14, 2007 at...
Opinion: Don’t blame Amtrak for the mad track dash
(The following Letter to the Editor appeared on the Free Lance-Star website on August 16. Doug Riddell is a member of BLET Division 14 in Washington, D.C.) FREDERICSBURG, Va. — This is in response to Charles Cooper's letter to the editor ["Amtrak has more excuses than...
Amtrak Vermonter service disrupted from August 17-21
(The following story appeared on the Times Argus website on August 15) MONTPELIER, Vt. — Service for Amtrak’s Vermonter train between St. Albans and Springfield, Mass., will be disrupted between August 17 and August 21 so work crews can make improvements related to...
Railroad boss Walter Rich dies
(The following story appeared on The Cooperstown Crier website on August 16.) COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Walter Rich, chairman of the board of Delaware Otsego-Corp. of Cooperstown, the New York Susquehanna & Western Railway and Central New York Railroad, died at home in...
Opinion: SEPTA Passes for Students
(The following editorial appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on August 16.) PHILADELPHIA — It was a fare deal - make that a great deal. Middle and high school students in Philadelphia will this year begin getting free public transportation to take them to...
Firefighter hurt extinguishing CSX train engine fire in Ohio
(The following report appeared on the Toledo Blade website on August 16.) TONTOGANY, Ohio — A firefighter was hurt when two train engines, one holding 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel, burned last night on the CSX railroad tracks in this western Wood County village about...
Railpower strives to get back on track
(The following story by Richard Blackwell appeared on the Globe and Mail website on August 16.) TORONTO — Idling locomotives eat up a tremendous amount of fuel and pump out vast quantities of emissions. So why not run them using the same kind of hybrid fuel-electric...
Amtrak train hits front end of coal truck
(GateHouse News Service circulated this story by John H. Croessman on August 15.) ELKVILLE, Ill. — Amtrak passengers traveling from Carbondale to Chicago were delayed by more than an hour after an Amtrak train hit the front end of a coal truck at a crossing south of...
Airline, railroad stocks sink on fears of slowdown
(Bloomberg News circulated the following on August 16.) CHICAGO — Shares of Continental Airlines Inc. plunged nearly 17 percent Wednesday, leading a broad decline in airline stocks, and railroad stocks fell after Citi Investment Research said 2008 earnings forecasts...
PATH stations, trains will get TVs for alerts
(Newhouse News Service circulated the following story by Ron Marsico on August 16.) NEW YORK — Beginning next year, PATH passengers will get quicker access to information about problems and delays under a deal announced yesterday by the Port Authority and NBC...
