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BLE member Terry Tindol earns CN President’s Award
(BLE Editor's Note: Terry C. Tindol is Local Chairman of BLE Division 33 in Battle Creek, Mich.) MONTREAL -- Canadian National -- North America's Railroad -- recently named Terry Tindol, a resident of Battle Creek, Michigan as a winner of its CN President's Awards for...
BLE member A.G. Rapp earns CN President’s Award
(BLE Editor's Note: Arthur G. Rapp is Local Chairman of BLE Division 602 in Champaign, Ill.) MONTREAL -- Canadian National -- North America's Railroad -- recently named Arthur Rapp, a resident of Champaign, Illinois as a winner of its CN President's Awards for...
Hudson resident earns CN President’s Award
(BLE Editor's Note: Doyle L. Cowles is a member of BLE Division 114 in Waterloo, Iowa.) MONTREAL -- Canadian National -- North America's Railroad -- recently named Doyle Cowles, a resident of Hudson, Iowa, as a winner of its CN President's Awards for Excellence for...
BLE member Michael Strange earns CN President’s Award
(BLE Editor's Note: Michael S. Strange is a member of BLE Division 203 in Jackson, Miss.) MONTREAL -- Canadian National -- North America's Railroad -- recently named Michael Strange, a resident of Pearl, Mississippi, as a winner of its CN President's Awards for...
BLE member Dan Hampston earns CN President’s Award
(BLE Editor's Note: Dan Hampston is a member of BLE Division 188 in Superior, Wisc.) MONTREAL, QUEBEC--Canadian National - North America's Railroad - recently named Dan Hampston, a resident of Bessemer, Michigan as a winner of its CN President's Awards for Excellence...
BLE hourly pay agreements set standard for others
ST. LOUIS -- Train engine employees working on the former Illinois Central railroad soon may consider a proposal to be paid by the hour, instead of a complicated system based on miles and rules, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The United Transportation Union,...
New French high-speed rail line wins environmental award
HONOLULU -- Travelers whisked at 186 mph from Paris to the Mediterranean in just 3 hours aren't the only ones who have benefited from TGV* Mediterranee, France's newest high-speed rail line which began commercial operation in the June 2001 and carries 60,000...
Teamsters protest Rolling Stones show
SAN FRANCISCO -- Teamsters pledged to shut down two Rolling Stones concerts this weekend at Pacific Bell Park if promoter Clear Channel Communications doesn't agree to use union workers, the Associated Press reported. "We've been having trouble with Clear Channel for...
CPR holiday train is back to help fight hunger
CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway's Holiday Train is back to mark its fourth exciting year of fighting hunger in dozens of communities across North America. Two magnificently decorated Holiday Trains will visit six provinces and seven states on their combined...
60th running of CSX Santa Special to bring gifts, cheer to Appalachia
KINGSPORT, Tenn. -- One Saturday each November, Santa Claus takes a break from his yuletide operation to make a trip through Appalachia aboard the Santa Special, a unique train co-sponsored by CSX Transportation Inc. (CSXT) and the Kingsport (Tenn.) Chamber of...
