January 14, 2025 | Derailment, Fatality, Memorials, News, Obituary, Top News
A memorial service will be held on Sunday, January 19, to honor the two Union Pacific workers who were killed in last month’s train derailment in Pecos, Texas. The ceremony is open to the public and will be held at the West of the Pecos Museum at 4:00 p.m. (120 E....
September 17, 2024 | Memorials, News, Obituary, Top News
Brother Jerry D. Arterberry, a BNSF conductor and member of BLET Division 604, suffered a medical emergency and passed away while working at BNSF’s yard in Madill, Oklahoma, on September 7. He was 54 years old. Brother Arterberry was an active and involved BLET...
February 8, 2024 | Fatality, Memorials, News, NS
A visitation and funeral for fallen Brother Christopher M. Wilson will be held on February 9 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. A member of BLET Division 423, Brother Wilson was killed in a Norfolk Southern rail yard accident on January 31. The National Transportation Safety...
March 6, 2023 | Memorials
Louis P. Shuster, a proud member of the BLET and President of Division 607 (Cleveland, Ohio), was struck and killed on March 6, 2023, when a dump truck collided with a train car at a steel mill in Cleveland. Brother Shuster, 46, was working as a conductor for Norfolk...
September 8, 2022 | Memorials
Brother Stephen G. Brown, a member of BLET Division 56 (West Colton, California) was killed in the line of duty on September 8, 2022, while working for the Union Pacific Railroad near Mecca, California. He was 67 years old. Brother Brown was working in helper service...
August 10, 2022 | Memorials, News, UP
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, August 10 — Brother Ryan M. Jones, a member of BLET Division 103 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, passed away while on duty on July 28, 2022. He was 33 years old. Brother Jones hired out with the Union Pacific Railroad in July of 2014 as a conductor out of...
July 29, 2022 | Memorials, News, Obituary, UP
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, July 29 — Brother Keith W. Bass, a member of BLET Division 48 in St. Louis, Missouri, died on July 27 from injuries sustained in a crew van accident on July 26. He was 46 years old. A Union Pacific locomotive engineer, Brother Bass hired out in...
September 6, 2019 | Memorials
Brother Bruce A. Dominique Jr., a member of BLET Division 219 in Shreveport, Louisiana, was killed in a railroad accident on September 6, 2019. He was 36 years old. According to media reports, Brother Dominique was severely injured when an 18-wheeler collided with his...
February 4, 2018 | Memorials
Brother Michael Kempf, a member of BLET Division 35 in Jacksonville, Fla., was killed when his Amtrak train collided with a CSX train tied down in a siding near Columbia, S.C., on February 4, 2018. Brother Kempf was 54 years old. Also killed in the crash was...
November 6, 2016 | Memorials
Brother Larry G. Thomas, a member of Division 292 in Beach City, Ohio, was killed in a yard switching accident on November 6, 2016. He was 37 years old. An employee of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad (WLE), Brother Thomas hired out as a trainman in October of...
