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Betty A. Lubetski Child
(The following obituary appeared on the Washington Post on January 18.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Betty A. "Billie" Lubetski Child, 60, a former office administrator for the national legislative office of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, died of lung...
29 migrants found in boxcar
(The following article by Diana Washington Valdez was posted on the El Paso Times website on January 18.) EL PASO, Texas -- Union Pacific Railroad police discovered a large group of undocumented immigrants early Monday in a boxcar at a rail yard near the Asarco...
Canadian Pacific, Fording agree to mediate coal rate dispute
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article by Rip Watson on January 18.) CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., the country's second-largest railway, and Fording Canadian Coal Trust agreed to mediate a shipping rate dispute that could raise the railway's...
Norfolk Southern’s Goode named Railway Age’s Railroader of the Year
(Norfolk Southern issued the following news release on January 17.) NORFOLK, Va. -- David R. Goode, chairman and chief executive officer of Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC - News), has been named 2005 Railroader of the Year by railroad industry trade journal Railway...
Frozen gates, switches slow Chicago rush hour
(The Chicago Tribune posted the following article on its website on January 18.) CHICAGO -- Frigid temperatures caused some railroad-crossing gates and switches on two Metra commuter lines to malfunction during the Monday evening rush hour, causing delays and traffic...
Could a fatal train accident happen here? Yes, but …
(The following article by Tom Shean was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on January 18.) HAMPTON, Va. -- For decades, the nation’s railroads have touted their ability to move hazardous materials more safely than rival carriers can. That reputation for safety was...
UTU leaders “a bit confused” in talks with CN
(Reuters circulated the following story by Allan Dowd on January 17.) VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The latest contract negotiations between Canadian National Railway Co., the country's biggest railway, and its Canadian train crews have failed to produce a...
BLET member urges better warning system
(The following story by Heather Vogell appeared on the Charlotte Observer website on January 18. Brian McLaughlin is Local Chairman of BLET Division 85 in Columbia, S.C.) CHARLOTTE -- Train engineer Brian McLaughlin said he doesn't know exactly what happened the night...
Train derailment disrupts service in Vermont
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 18.) BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. -- A nine-car derailment damaged a railroad track severely enough that freight and passenger traffic in southern Vermont has been halted until repairs can be made. The cars...
Train wreck has become engine for unity in S.C. town
(The following story by Christopher Dinsmore appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on January 17.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. -- Rail tank cars that were filled with chlorine tumbled like bowling pins three blocks away. The concussions drove Charles Reyes-Little Eagle from...
