June 28, 2016 | Memorials
Three crew members were killed and one injured after two BNSF trains collided head-on near Panhandle, Texas, on June 28, 2016. Killed were Cody R. Owens, 52, and Lara G. Taylor, 44, both members of BLET Division 299 in Amarillo, Texas, along with K.P. Smith Jr., a...
March 26, 2016 | Memorials
BLET member Jeffrey A. Harsh, a member of BLET Division 882 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was killed in a railroad accident on March 26, 2016. Brother Harsh was 43 years old. Employed by the Canadian Pacific Railway, Brother Harsh normally worked as an engineer out of...
March 16, 2015 | Memorials
Brother Alexander T. Sassman, 51, was killed in an on-duty in an on-duty motor vehicle accident near Fairfield, Calif., on March 16, 2015. He was one of two railroad employees who were in the taxicab being transported from their train to their off-duty location when...
March 3, 2015 | Memorials
Brother Glenn W. Steele, 62, was working as a locomotive engineer for Metrolink when his train collided with a heavy-duty pickup truck that had been abandoned on the tracks near Oxnard, Calif., on February 24, 2015. He passed away on March 3, 2015. A member of BLET...
August 17, 2014 | Memorials
Brother Chance J. Gober, 41, was a member of BLET Division 182 in North Little Rock, Ark. He was one of two train crew members killed when two Union Pacific trains collided head on near the town of Hoxie, Ark., on August 17, 2014.
June 24, 2012 | Memorials
Brother Dan J. Hall, President of BLET Division 592 (Dalhart, Texas), was killed in the line of duty on June 24, 2012. Hall, 56, was one of three railroaders killed when two Union Pacific trains collided head-on near the town of Goodwell, Okla. The others were BLET...
June 24, 2012 | Memorials
Brother John S. Hall, a member of BLET Division 592 (Dalhart, Texas), was killed in the line of duty on June 24, 2012. Hall, 49, was one of three railroaders killed when two Union Pacific trains collided head-on near the town of Goodwell, Okla. The others were Dan J....
August 19, 2011 | Memorials
BLET member Todd Burckhard, 35, was killed in the line of duty on August 19, 2011 when the crew van he was riding in was involved in a collision near Frazer, Mont. Brother Burckhard was a BNSF locomotive engineer and member of BLET Division 695 in Minot, N.D. He first...
