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Amtrak ridership down in Missouri

(Source: News Tribune, December 27, 2019) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — For the first five months of the 2020 state fiscal year (July to November) there were 70,903 Amtrak passengers statewide versus 76,929 in the same time last year (a 7.8 percent decrease), according to...

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U.S. DOT dusts off national freight strategic plan

(Source: Freight Waves, December 27, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A long overdue assessment of the ability of multimodal transportation networks within the United States to handle future freight demand has been opened once again for public comment. Full story: Freight...

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A peek behind the scenes of the Amtrak Auto Train

(Source: Washington Post, December 26, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Somewhere north of Orlando, Florida, and south of Georgia, Sylvia Longmire rotates her right forearm to reveal 15 rows of three-letter abbreviations inked onto her skin. I'd first glimpsed the tattoo...

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BLET News

Fund established to help son of BLET member

A fund has been established to assist with the medical care for Russell Lala, son of BLET Division 27 (St. Cloud, Minn.) member Roseanne Lala. Russell was mauled by both a lion and a tiger in June.

IBT, Rail Conference support Million Worker March

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, including the members of the Rail Conference, is fully supporting the Million Worker March Movement and their upcoming events in the nation’s Capitol.

BLET gets CF&E shortline organizing victory

BLET National President Don Hahs today welcomed the operating employees of the Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad (CF&E) as the newest members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET).

Red Cross, FEMA forms available

It has come to the attention of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters that many members affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are having difficulty obtaining the proper forms needed to apply for assistance.

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