Christopher L. Carter

May 1, 2011 | Memorials

Veteran BLET member Christopher L. Carter, 57, drowned on his way to work on May 1, 2011, when his car was swept away by swiftly rising floodwaters in Mayflower, Ark. Brother Carter was a member of BLET Division 858 in Pine Bluff, Ark. A Union Pacific engineer,...

Tom Anderson

April 17, 2011 | Memorials

Brother Tom Anderson, President of BLET Division 642, was one of two rail workers killed in the line of duty on April 17, 2011, in a rear-end collision involving two BNSF Railway freight trains in McPherson, Iowa. According to preliminary reports from the NTSB, a BNSF...

Thomas J. Kenny

March 23, 2011 | Memorials

Brother Thomas J. Kenny of BLET Division 238 (Tacoma, Wash.) was one of three people killed when an off duty crew transport vehicle was struck by a BNSF freight train near Longview, Wash., on March 23, 2011. A fourth crew member was left in critical condition. Brother...

Stanley L. Watts

February 8, 2011 | Memorials

Stanley L. Watts, Secretary-Treasurer of BLET Division 354 (Kankakee, Ill.), was killed in the line of duty on February 8, 2011, following a switching accident at a Norfolk Southern yard in Kankakee, Ill. Brother Watts, 43, has been a member of the BLET since February...

Darrell Amerson

July 2, 2010 | Memorials

Darrell Amerson, a member of BLET Division 230, was killed in the line of duty on July 2, 2010, following an accident in a Norfolk Southern yard in Meridian, Miss. Brother Amerson, 42, joined the BLET on June 1, 2008. According to Division 230 Local Chairman Brian...

Gregory G. Kastner

May 31, 2010 | Memorials

Brother Gregory G. Kastner, a veteran NJ Transit hostler, had just finished fueling his engine and was walking back to another locomotive when he was struck around 3:30 a.m. on May 31, 2010 at NJ Transit Meadows Maintenance Complex in Kearny, N.J. Tragically, Brother...

Andrew Monheim

March 16, 2010 | Memorials

BLET member Andrew Monheim was killed in the line of duty on March 16, 2010, following the collision of two Union Railroad freight trains near Pittsburgh, Pa. Monheim, 54, was a member of BLET Division 700 located in Braddock, Pa. He is survived by his wife and 12...

Andrew R. Reed and Josh Osborn

July 14, 2009 | Memorials

Two BLET members working for the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern (IC&E) Railroad were killed near Bettendorf, Ill., on July 14, 2009. According to preliminary reports from the National Transportation Safety Board, the accident happened after their train hit a...

Robert M. Sanchez

September 12, 2008 | Memorials

Locomotive Engineer Eddie Robert M. Sanchez, 47, was one of 30 people killed when his Metrolink commuter train collided head-on with a Union Pacific freight train in Chatsworth, Calif., on September 12, 2008. More than 130 others were hurt in the crash, which was...

Philip T. Myers

September 10, 2008 | Memorials

Brother Myers, a member of BLET Division 204 (Linton, Ind.), was killed in the line of duty on September 10, 2008. An employee of the Indiana Rail Road, Brother Myers was working on the ground as part of a two-person train crew when a tanker derailed at low speeds...