September 9, 2021 | Health & Welfare, News
(BLET Editor’s Note: The following press release is from the Your Track to Health website (https://www.yourtracktohealth.com).) INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, September 7 — The following health and wellness resources are available to members covered by The Railroad Employees...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					September 9, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: The Independent, September 8, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak needs to do more planning before it is fully compliant with disability legislation, a new report says. The U.S. rail operator has outlined plans to spend roughly $1.2 billion to enable bring...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					September 9, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Washington Post, September 9, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federally appointed panel is urging ambitious, costly steps to modernize the passenger rail network between Washington and Boston to reduce chronic delays and improve travel times. Full story:...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					September 9, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines, NS
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 9, 2021) Since more intermodal capacity is needed to help ease supply-chain congestion that has slowed U.S. container flows, BNSF Railway Co. and Norfolk Southern Railway have reopened key intermodal terminals. On September...