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
10 years later: Remembering the deadly Metrolink train crash in Chatsworth
(Source: Ventura County Star, September 6, 2018) CAMARILLO, Calif. — Silver linings were the last thing on Claudia Souser's mind that tragic day 10 years ago when a Metrolink commuter train collided head-on with a Union Pacific freight train in Chatsworth, killing 25...
Protesters rally against proposed diesel vent for rail tunnel project that would be located outside elementary school
(Source: Baltimore Sun, September 4, 2018) BALTIMORE — crowd gathered Tuesday morning outside the new Dorothy I. Height Elementary School building in West Baltimore to protest Amtrak’s plans to replace the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel with a new tunnel under the city...
Amtrak completes upgrade of Empire line to Penn Station
(Source: Albany Times Union, September 4, 2018) ALBANY, N.Y. — Amtrak trains are running to Penn Station again, following millions of dollars in infrastructure work on the Empire Connection, a former freight line now used to connect Penn to Amtrak's Empire Corridor....
Amtrak to cancel, curtail North Carolina runs due to track work in September
(Source: Associated Press, September 4, 2018) RALEIGH, N.C. — Amtrak is canceling or curtailing some of its North Carolina service this month because of track work. Full story: www.lmtonline.com
Southwest Chief rolls on
(Source: BC Democrat, September 4, 2018) LA JUNTA, Colo. — City Manager Rick Klein of La Junta was one of the local leaders invited to the special meeting of Amtrak officials, Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railroad, and local officials in Raton last week. Klein was out...
CN orders 60 more locomotives from GE Transportation
(Source: CN press release, September 5, 2018) CHICAGO — GE Transportation announced today that CN will acquire 60 additional locomotives, expanding the class I’s 200-unit order placed in December 2017. “With strong demand across our business, we continue to invest for...
Walt Disney World Teamsters reach tentative agreement
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 31, 2018) ORLANDO, Fla. — A tentative agreement has been reached for members of Teamsters Local 385 who work as bus drivers, laundry workers, characters, parking attendants and ranch hands at Walt...
Gov. Murphy says NJ Transit delays will continue into 2019
(Source: www.nj.com, September 5, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — Gov. Phil Murphy pulled no punches when he warned commuters that NJ Transit's problems with canceled trains will continue into next year. Full story: www.nj.com
Demand for oil by rail could surge 200 percent without pipeline progress
(Source: Yahoo Finance Canada, September 4, 2018) MONTREAL — Moving oil by train could get 200 per cent more popular by the mid-2020s unless at least two pipeline projects are completed, according to an analyst who sees an “acute crisis” over getting oil to market...
UP to provide crude by rail service for Vista terminal in Texas
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 31, 2018) Vista Proppants and Logistics LLC has entered into a definitive agreement with JupiterMLP LLC for transloading crude oil from truck to rail at its facility in Pecos, Texas. Full story: Progressive Railroading
