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 faces wobbly future in Mobile
(Source: www.al.com, January 21, 2020) MOBILE, Ala. — The fate of Amtrak’s return into Mobile could boil down to a crucial vote next Tuesday by the City Council on whether future financial commitments for the passenger rail service are possible. Early indications for...
Union Pacific, Palestine remain deadlocked over contract
(Source: Palestine Herald-Press, January 21, 2020) PALESTINE, Texas — State, city, and county representatives, along with U.S. Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Terrell), met Monday with Union Pacific officials in an effort to keep the railroad, and its dozens of local jobs, in...
Hyndman residents want CSX lawsuit certified
(Source: Altoona Mirror, January 22, 2020) ALTOONA, Pa. — Hyndman residents evacuated from their homes 29 months ago due to a derailment of a CSX Transportation Inc. freight train are asking a federal judge to reconsider his December opinion dismissing their class...
Union Pacific addresses suspected cancer cluster as activist Erin Brockovich attends meeting
(Source: Television station KHOU 11, January 21, 2020) HOUSTON — Attorney and environmental activist Erin Brockovich was invited to a community meeting in Houston 20 years after Julia Roberts played her in a namesake motion picture. She joined the chorus of concern...
Amtrak apologizes to civil rights activist after conductor asked her to give up her train seat
(Source: ABA Journal, January 21, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak has apologized to Sherrilyn Ifill, the president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, after she tweeted that a conductor asked her to give up her train seat for other people who would be...
NJ Transit graduates another class of locomotive engineers
(Source: Insider NJ, January 21, 2020) KEARNY, N.J. — Governor Phil Murphy, Department of Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, and NJ Transit President and CEO Kevin Corbett today recognized NJ Transit’s latest locomotive engineer training class for...
Freight transportation stakeholders grapple with big uncertainties
(Source: Freight Waves, January 22, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Stakeholders participating in today’s global supply chain must grapple with three big themes: the growing impact of e-commerce, evolving global trade stances, and the rise of automation and other advanced...
Amtrak feels the heat after high-profile flubs
(Source: Politico, January 21, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was a rough weekend for the railroad, which came under fire from a senator and other high-profile figures for two incidents that went viral. Sherrilyn Ifill, the president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund,...
New figures show North Dakota oil production held steady in November
(Source: Bismarck Tribune, January 17, 2020) BISMARCK, N.D. — New figures released by the state show that oil and gas production in North Dakota held “pretty much steady as she goes” in November, according to a top oil regulator. A notable shift in oil transportation...
LIRR on-time performance rose to three-year high in 2019
(Source: MTA press release, January 20, 2020) NEW YORK — MTA Long Island Rail Road President Phil Eng today announced that the LIRR’s on-time performance increased 2 percentage points in 2019, rising to 92.4%, the best performance in three years. The LIRR recorded 44%...
