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Train companies criticized
(The following article by Sammy Fretwell was posted on the State website on March 10.) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Railroad corporations took blow after blow Wednesday from city leaders at a time of heightened anxiety about deadly train wrecks in South Carolina. During a...
Crumbling nation? U.S. infrastructure gets a ‘D’
(MSNBC posted the following article on its website on March 9.) WASHINGTON -- Crowded schools, traffic-choked roads and transit cutbacks are eroding the quality of American life, according to an analysis by civil engineers that gave the nation’s infrastructure an...
BNSF offers to buy S.D. rail system
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 9.) YANKTON, S.D. -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad is working with the state to buy most of the state rail system that it's been leasing since South Dakota took over the track 20 years ago. Bruce...
Rail car dangles on overpass
(The following article was posted on the Press-Enterprise website on March 10.) MIRA LOMA, Calif. -- Six Union Pacific rail cars derailed on a railroad overpass early Wednesday morning, forcing the closure of one of Mira Loma's busiest intersections during the morning...
Broken track blamed in freight train derailment
(The following article by Wendy Thermos was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on March 10.) LOS ANGELES -- A broken rail caused 21 freight cars to jump the tracks this week in the City of Industry, a Union Pacific official said Wednesday, as Metrolink passenger...
D.C. Councilwoman to discuss hazmat ban at national conference
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 9.) WASHINGTON -- D.C. council member Kathy Patterson plans to talk about the city's new ban on hazardous rail shipments at the upcoming National League of Cities conference. The legislation was approved...
Judge sides with LIRR in union dispute
(The following story by Joie Tyrrell appeared on the Newsday website on March 9.) NEW YORK -- A federal magistrate sided with the Long Island Rail Road yesterday in its dispute with engineers who had threatened to strike over the railroad's use of nonunion labor to...
2005 IWC registration forms now available
CLEVELAND -- Members planning to attend the upcoming International Western Convention in July can now register with forms available on the BLET website. The 65th annual IWC will be held in Calgary, Alberta, from July 3-8 at the Fairmont Palliser Hotel. It will...
Union locals face audits from U.S.
(Reuters circulated the following article on March 9.) WASHINGTON -- U.S. labor union locals are being audited by federal government inspectors in what officials say is part of a labor law enforcement campaign and union leaders charge is payback for opposing President...
Safety issue put on the table for commuter trains
(The following article by Bradley Weaver was posted on the Press-Enterprise website on March 8. Tim Smith is the BLET Calif. State Legislative Board Chairman.) GLENDALE, Calif. -- Almost two months after a Metrolink train crash in Glendale killed 11 people, railroad...
