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Registration underway for BLET’s 2007 EUMA
CLEVELAND, May 23 — Arrangements Chairman Don Zatteau and the members of BLET Division 286 are welcoming members to Traverse City, Mich., for the 69th annual Eastern Union Meeting Association (EUMA). Registration is now underway for the 2007 EUMA, which will take...
Teamsters Disaster Relief assistance available for New Jersey
CLEVELAND, May 23 — The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for assistance from members in the state of New Jersey regarding severe storms and inland and coastal flooding that caused major damage in the following counties on April 14-20, 2007:...
Wash. Dinner Train talks chug toward new route
(The following story by Diane Brooks appeared on the Seattle Times website on May 23.) SEATTLE — Good thing the immediate future of the Spirit of Washington Dinner Train doesn't hinge upon King County politics or the Eastside's rails-versus-trails debates. The popular...
Beer spilled in Denver train derailment
(The following report by Luan Akin appeared at www.CBS4denver.com on May 23.) DENVER — A BNSF train carrying beer crashed into another locomotive in central Denver early Wednesday morning, spilling the beverage and fuel in a rail yard near Interstate 25 and 38th Ave....
Creating a “green” locomotive
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on May 22.) OMAHA, Neb. — From its very beginnings, the key to a locomotive’s power has been its ability to convert fuel into motion. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, locomotives harnessed steam to move trains....
UP issues Arizona apologizes
(The Associated Press circulated the following on may 23.) PHOENIX, Ariz. — Its expansion plans in Arizona already under a regulatory spotlight, Union Pacific jumped the gun on the first of dozens of road crossings that it plans rebuild to accommodate the addition of...
New NS switchyard plan faces several hurdles
(The following story by Matt Garfield appeared on The Herald website on May 23.) ROCK HILL, S.C. — Hopes for moving freight trains out of downtown Rock Hill are taking on added urgency as progress unfolds in the nearby Textile Corridor. But relief won't come anytime...
Faster UP trains heading for southern Illinois
(The following story by Arnold Wyrick appeared at the KFVS12.com website on May 23.) MARION, Ill. — If you're one of those drivers who just hates to sit and wait for a train to pass, well your wait is going to get a whole lot shorter in the coming days. That's because...
Looking to relieve rail congestion
(The following story by Anna M. Tinsley appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on May 23.) FORT WORTH, Texas — They call it Tower 55, the railroad control tower southeast of downtown Fort Worth that guides one of the nation's busiest, most congested rail...
GO Transit experiment now a lifeline
(The following story by Ian Robertson appeared on the Toronto Sun website on May 23.) TORONTO — GO Transit has come a long way since its first trains ran 40 years ago today in an experiment to ease traffic on increasingly clogged roads. The Lakeshore test runs came...
