February 8, 2026 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, News, Railroad Safety, Top News
This year marks three years since the devastating Norfolk Southern train derailment and fire in East Palestine, Ohio. On Tuesday, February 3, leaders of the BLET joined members of Congress, community leaders, and rail labor representatives at a bipartisan press...
February 3, 2026 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, News, Railroad Safety, Top News
February 3, 2026, marks three years since the Norfolk Southern derailment, fire, and toxic chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio. During that time, Congress has been unable to advance or pass rail safety legislation. BLET and others in Rail Labor are calling out the...
January 2, 2026 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, News, Railroad Safety, Top News
Aftermath of Norfolk Southern’s February 2023 derailment and chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio. NTSB image _____________________ East Palestine resident Jess Conard became an expert on rail safety “the hard way.” In an opinion column that was published in...
February 3, 2025 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, News, Railroad Safety, Teamsters, Top News
Monday, Feb. 3 marks two years since the toxic train wreck and fire caused by the derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train in East Palestine, Ohio. Shortly after the wreck and a visit by then-candidate Donald Trump to the crash site, then-Senator J.D. Vance...
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....
January 14, 2025 | Derailment, Fatality, News, Top News
January 6 marked 20 years since the fatal derailment of a Norfolk Southern train and the related chemical spill in Graniteville, South Carolina that led to nine deaths including a BLET member, Chris Seeling. In addition to those who lost their lives, more than 500...
December 22, 2024 | Derailment, Fatality, News, Top News
A joint GoFundMe has been established to help raise money for the families of the two Union Pacific train crew members that were killed in the tragic grade crossing collision in Pecos, Texas, on December 18. Locomotive engineer Clay Burt, a member of BLET Division 212...
December 20, 2024 | Derailment, Fatality, News, Railroad Safety, SLB Elections, Top News, UP
Locomotive engineer Clay Burt, a member of BLET Division 212 in Sweetwater, Texas, was severely injured and passed away shortly after arriving at the hospital. Images: courtesy of Reeves County Texas ____________________ Two Union Pacific train crew members were...
October 7, 2024 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, NTSB, Train Length
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 3, 2024) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of a March 2023 train derailment of a Norfolk Southern Railway train in Alabama was the combination of the coupling together of two...
August 6, 2024 | CPKC, Derailment, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, August 1, 2024) The fiery North Dakota derailment that burned for days early last month was the latest train crash to involve the flawed tank cars that the National Transportation Safety Board has been trying to get off the tracks for...
