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Class I railroads embrace PSR to mixed results in 2019

(Source: Supply Chain Dive, December 29, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2019, almost every Class I railroad transitioned to its own version of precision-scheduled railroading (PSR) — an operating strategy coined by the late CSX CEO Hunter Harrison. The hallmarks of PSR...

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NTSB to add new members Graham, Chapman

(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 3, 2020) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will add two members this weekend, bringing the board to its full complement of five members for the first time since February 2019. Michael Graham and Thomas Chapman...

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Will Virgin Trains expand to Jacksonville?

(Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal, January 3, 2020) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — As Michael Cegelis speaks at a recent Central Florida Transportation Planning Group meeting, the crowd inside the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority boardroom quietly listens. Full story:...

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Mobile to delay decision on commitment to Amtrak

(Source: www.al.com, December 30, 2019) MOBILE, Ala. — The Mobile City Council will likely postpone Tuesday a crucial vote that could determine the future of passenger rail service returning to the city. The delay comes after council members learned late last week...

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BLET News

Pretzel Logic

This is the first in a three-part series of articles in which the BLET takes a look at recent actions of the Federal Railroad Administration, the Association of American Railroads, and the United Transportation Union to further expand the use of remote control locomotives to main track territory.

In Part I of the series, we take a look at the FRA’s continuing failure to affirmatively regulate remote control, and how FRA’s latest action impacts the safety of the nation’s railroads.

Pretzel Logic, Part II

In Part II of the series, we examine the reactions of the AAR and UTU to FRA’s September 9, 2005 letter.

Pretzel Logic, Part III

In this part, we pose numerous questions to FRA, AAR, and UTU, that their position on remote control have raised.

Shedding light on dark territory

For the second time in less than nine months, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen has lost a member to an accident that occurred in dark territory.

In the Line of Duty: G.Y. Bailey

Brother G.Y. Bailey, Local Chairman of BLET Division 62 in Houston, was killed last night when his train collided head-on with a southbound chemical train in dark territory about 60 miles northeast of Houston.

Judge orders unions to cross AMFA picket lines

The Federal District Court for the Northern District of Ohio — Eastern Division, has issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and UTU, ordering both unions to “notify their general chairpersons, local chairpersons, and employees under their jurisdiction that this Court has ordered that AMFA’s picket lines be crossed” at CSX and Norfolk Southern.

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