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BLET blasts work schedules
(The following story by Karisa King appeared on the San Antonio Express-News website on April 28.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A federal law that requires railroad companies to relieve workers for at least eight hours between shifts fails to guarantee that crews get enough...
Senators continue to push asbestos bill
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 24.) WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers said Tuesday they plan to push ahead with legislation to ban asbestos liability lawsuits in exchange for a $140 billion trust fund despite lingering opposition from some interest...
Brakes put on LIRR expansion
(The following article by Joie Tyrrell and Joshua Robin was posted on the Newsday website on April 27.) NEW YORK -- For Long Island Rail Road riders looking to benefit from expansion projects, the wait may be longer. Diminished state funding may lead to up to a...
Alaska, Canada’s Yukon to explore rail link
(Reuters circulated the following article on April 26.) ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska and Canada's Yukon Territory have agreed to launch a $5 million feasibility study of a possible 900-mile (1,400 kilometer) rail link that would open the sparsely populated northern...
Opinion: Amtrak’s hard times
(The following editorial was posted on the Baltimore Sun website on April 27.) The nation's passenger rail system shouldn't be treated like Oliver Twist - starved, orphaned and generally tormented. But Amtrak is, if you'll pardon the expression, getting the Dickens...
South Dakota, BNSF find common ground
(The following article by Scott Waltman was posted on the Aberdeen American News website on April 27.) ABERDEEN, S.D. -- South Dakota officials have reached an agreement that would allow Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway to buy the state's Core Lines....
Opinion: Lax rail security forces cities to act
(The following editorial by P. J. Crowley was posted on the Baltimore Sun website on April 27.) A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals is to hear oral arguments today from CSX Transportation challenging the District of Columbia's right to prohibit...
Hearing Wednesday on D.C. hazmat trains law
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 26.) WASHINGTON -- Judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals will hear arguments today in the dispute over Washington D.C.'s new law banning hazardous rail shipments in the city. Freight railroad CSX and the...
Fatigue eyed in deadly UP crash
(The following article by Karisa King was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on April 27. Brother Heath Pape was a member of BLET Division 197 in San Antonio, Texas.) WASHINGTON -- By the time Union Pacific engineer Art Cadena took the helm of the train...
Freight train derailment snags service statewide
(The following article by Ronnie Glassberg was posted on the Charlotte Observer website on April 27.) CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A freight train derailment early Tuesday morning in Rowan County disrupted freight and passenger rail service in North Carolina. A Norfolk Southern...
