Heath Pape

June 28, 2004 | Memorials

Brother Heath Pape, a member of BLET Division 197 in San Antonio, Texas, was killed in a collision between a Union Pacific train and a BNSF train on June 28, 2004. Brother Pape had just joined the BLET. He was 23 years old. The train derailed around Southwest Loop...

Dennis Vinson

June 25, 2004 | Memorials

BLET Division 230 (Meridian, Miss.) member Dennis Vinson was killed in a collision between his Norfolk Southern train and a gasoline tanker truck on June 25, 2004. He was 58 years old. Brother Vinson joined the BLET on June 1, 1990. The train had a three-person crew....

E.M. “Mike” Rogers

May 19, 2004 | Memorials

E.M. “Mike” Rogers, a member of the BLET, was killed in a head-on train crash near Gunter, Texas, on May 19, 2004. Brother Rogers, 49, was a member of BLET Division 172 in Fort Worth, Texas. He first joined the Brotherhood on April 1, 1998.

Jeff C. York

May 18, 2004 | Memorials

Jeff C. York, a member of the BLET, was killed in a yard switching accident on May 18, 2004. Brother York, 35, worked for Norfolk Southern and first joined BLET Division 106 in Muncie, Ind., on December 6, 2000. He was working as a conductor and standing on a ladder...

Anthony C. Rodella and Jeffrey S. Bohler

February 21, 2004 | Memorials

Engineer Anthony C. Rodella, 57, and conductor Jeffrey S. Bohler, 32, were killed in the collision of two Union Pacific freight trains in Carrizozo, N.M., on February 21, 2004. Rodella and Bohler were both members of BLET Division 192 in El Paso, Texas. Brother...

Art P. McKay

May 14, 2003 | Memorials

BLE member Art P. McKay of BLET Division 843 (Prince George, B.C.) and conductor Ken LeQuesne were killed in the line of duty on May 14, 2003, as a railroad trestle collapsed under their Canadian National freight train. Two locomotives and six cars plunged into a...

L.W. “Wayne” Edenfield

May 7, 2003 | Memorials

Brother L.W. “Wayne” Edenfield died on May 7, 2003, from injuries sustained in an Amtrak collision with a log truck near Hinesville, Ga. Brother Edenfield was a member of BLET Division 35 (Jacksonville, Fla.), having served a term as its Secretary-Treasurer in the...

G.D. Shelby

May 28, 2002 | Memorials

BLE member G.D. Shelby was killed and three other train crew members injured in a fiery head-on collision between two Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains near Clarendon, Texas, on May 28, 2002. Brother Shelby, 61, was killed when the westbound freight train on which...

Charles B. “Charlie” Smith

March 21, 2002 | Memorials

Brother Charles B. “Charlie” Smith, 35, was struck and killed by an Amtrak train as he boarded his Norfolk Southern freight train just north of the Edgemore freight yard near Delaware. It is believed he either fell or was “sucked in” by the wind of the fast moving...

Mike W. Hoover

December 7, 2001 | Memorials

Brother Mike W. Hoover, 48 years old, lost his life when his Burlington Northern Santa Fe train unexpectedly encountered a mainline switch lined for a siding. The train was traveling at approximately 46 miles per hour when it collided head-on with several locomotives...