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...
June 8, 2022 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 8 — A viewing and funeral arrangements have been announced for Brother Paul Wingo, retired International and National Vice President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE) and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET)....
June 6, 2022 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 6 — Paul L. Wingo Jr., retired International and National Vice President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, passed away on June 6, 2022. He was 78 years old. Brother Wingo served as...
June 3, 2022 | News, Obituary, UP
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 3 — A BLET member is being remembered as a hero after giving his life to help save a group of small children from drowning on May 28, 2022. BLET member Zackary T. Stine, age 36, of Division 182 (North Little Rock, Ark.), bravely and selflessly...
May 26, 2022 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 26 — Timothy T. Price, Chairman Emeritus of the Ohio State Legislative Board, passed away on May 15, 2022, after a battle with cancer. He was 53 years old. A Norfolk Southern locomotive engineer, Brother Price was a member of BLET Division 607...
May 4, 2022 | DOT, Headlines, Obituary
(Source: Associated Press, April 3, 2022) ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Norman Mineta, who broke racial barriers for Asian Americans serving in high-profile government posts and ordered commercial flights grounded after the 9/11 terror attacks as the nation’s federal...
April 29, 2022 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, April 29 — Barbara McLaughlin, the wife of late BLE International President Ronald P. McLaughlin, passed away on April 16, 2022. She was 87 years old. Ron McLaughlin served the former Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers as International President...
November 18, 2021 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, November 17 — Former BLE International President Ronald P. McLaughlin passed away peacefully in his sleep at the age of 92 on November 12, 2021. He served in the union’s highest office from 1991-1996. President McLaughlin was a member of our...
June 30, 2021 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 30 — Officers, members and staff of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) are deeply saddened to learn of the unexpected passing of Washington State Legislative Board Chairman Shahraim C. Allen, who died on June 24, 2021....
May 28, 2021 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 28 — Stephen D. Speagle, former National Vice President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, passed away on May 26, 2021. He was 74 years old. Brother Speagle began his railroad career in 1964 as a switchman on the Norfolk...
