BLET News
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Daily Headlines
Amtrak to offer video seats on trains
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Amtrak's Keystone trains between Harrisburg and New York will offer free daily movies, TV programs and Internet access over seat-back video screens in what is believed to be a first for passenger rail service in the United States, the Harrisburg...
Nova Scotia teenager meets crash victims
HALIFAX, N.S. -- Passengers injured in a massive train wreck last year confronted the boy who caused the derailment, telling him in an emotional meeting yesterday how the violent crash permanently altered their lives, reports a wire service. A group from the Via Rail...
Minn. county going ahead with DM&E action
ROCHESTER, MINN. -- Olmsted County, Minn., is moving forward with legal action against the proposed expansion of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad, County Attorney Ray Schmitz said in an Associated Press news article. He told county commissioners on Tuesday...
Reno murder suspect claims he killed woman on Amtrak train near Elko
ELKO, Nev. -- The Las Vegas Sun reports that a man jailed in Reno on suspicion of murdering his ex's boyfriend claims to have kidnapped, raped and killed an Amtrak passenger - throwing her body off the train while traveling through Elko County last month. Elko County...
New York-to-Albany high-speed train given high marks in trial run
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The first of a new line of state-owned high-speed trains being built in Schenectady has made its first test run to New York City and passed muster on all systems being tested, according to the state Transportation Department. "It went very...
Faster trains, less cautious drivers
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- As Amtrak's northbound Carolinian train chugs across Elm Street, a Jeep Cherokee makes a sharp U-turn near the lowered gates, reports the Greensboro News-Record. At Franklin Boulevard, the train slows past a crossing where someone had plowed...
Rail crossing deaths haunt workers for life
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The train was headed south from Kansas City to Mesquite on Tuesday when it passed through Pilot Point, a small community northeast of Denton. The rail crossing doesn't have crossing arms or flashing lights, but there is a stop sign, according to...
CN’s Canadian Train Dispatchers ratify new collective agreement
TORONTO -- Canadian National announced on August 28 that members of the Rail Canada Traffic Controllers (RCTC) union have ratified a new three-year labour agreement. The agreement increases wages and benefits retroactive to Jan. 1, 2001, for 250 RCTC members who...
Teamsters ratify UPS contract
ATLANTA -- Members of the Teamsters union have approved a new six-year contract with United Parcel Service that covers more than 200,000 employees of the Atlanta-based package delivery company, a wire service reports. The contract, which was negotiated in July,...
Amtrak Acela trains still sidelined
WASHINGTON -- A wire service reports that Amtrak enters the long Labor Day holiday weekend -- a busy time for travelers -- with its premier train service still hampered by equipment problems. Seven of the high speed Acela Express trains will be available to carry...
