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BNSF expands search for leaks at fuel depot
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 3.) SPOKANE, Wash. -- Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. crews have removed the rails from the Hauser depot fueling platform and expanded their search for leaks. Kootenai County Commissioner...
Spain: Train bombers had elaborate plan
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 3.) MADRID, Spain -- Islamic militants blamed for last year's commuter train bombings in Madrid were plotting more bloodshed -- a string of suicide attacks in the months after the massacre, Spain's...
Warn us before strike, Metra tells dispatchers
(The following article by Virginia Groark was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on March 4.) CHICAGO -- While the accusations flew between BNSF Railway management and its dispatchers union Thursday, both sides agreed it was unlikely a strike similar to the one...
Comp time dispute cause for walkout
(The following article by Sean Wood was posted on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on March 4.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- The union that represents Burlington Northern Santa Fe dispatchers said 200 workers walked off the job Wednesday to protest changes to comp time...
2005 SMA registration forms now available
CLEVELAND -- Members planning to attend the upcoming Southeastern Meeting Association in June can now register with forms available on the BLET website. The 78th annual SMA will be held in Montgomery, Ala., from June 12-16 at the Embassy Suites Hotel. The event will...
U.S. rail network still vulnerable to terror
(MSNBC.com posted the following article by Steve Johnson on March 2.) NEW YORK -- Almost a year after the devastating commuter train bombings that killed 191 people in Madrid, Spain, the U.S. rail system remains vulnerable to a similar attack, according to homeland...
Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on changes to strengthen the labor movement
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on March 3.) WASHINGTON -- I'm pleased that the AFL-CIO Executive Committee gave us a mandate to move ahead with a plan that increases the labor movement's investment in helping workers organize, and greatly expands our grassroots...
Canadian National blamed by panel for 2003 accident
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article by Rip Watson on March 3.) NEW YORK -- Canadian National Railway Co., the country's biggest railroad, was blamed by a government safety board for failing to properly inspect and maintain a British Columbia bridge whose...
Suicide is top cause of train track deaths
(The following article by Jon Hilkevitch was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on March 3.) CHICAGO -- Suicide was the leading cause of fatalities on train tracks in Illinois last year, topping the number of accidental deaths on the rails, state records obtained...
NYC officials kept mum on Grand Central threat
(The following article by Robert Polner, Rocco Parascandola and Wil Cruz was posted on the Newsday website on March 2.) NEW YORK -- New York authorities revealed Wednesday that they had kept quiet about a chilling but crude sketch of Grand Central Terminal found...
