FRA Certification Helpline: (216) 694-0240

Rail Industry News

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...

read more

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...

read more

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...

read more

BLET News

Labor Day 2005

Labor day is the one day each year that we honor our nation’s workers. It is a day for all Americans to unite in celebration of the workers that have made this country great.

President Hahs statement on Hurricane Katrina

Facing the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States, it is time for all BLET members to come to the aid of their Brothers and Sisters who have been impacted by this tragedy.

What really happened at Via Rail

In an attempt to rebut the latest UTU spin-doctoring, here is what really happened concerning the operating crafts at Via Rail.

Would anyone be proud of the UTU?

Bribes and kickbacks? High-priced management spin doctors on the payroll? Engineer only operations on freight trains? Yep. Eugene V. Debs would certainly be proud of an organization like the UTU.

Clarifying UTU smoke and mirrors

When sorting through the UTU’s latest smoke and mirrors attempt to obscure the truth (“How to smoke out a pair of skunks,” August 5), BLET and UTU members need to keep one fact in mind: No amount of spin doctoring will obscure the truth.

BLET remote control hazard study available

Due to overwhelming interest, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Traimen’s remote control hazard study has been made available on the BLET website.

BLET MEMBERS – REGISTER FOR THE WEBSITE MEMBER AREA

IT’S SIMPLE AND TAKES ONLY A MINUTE.
REGISTER NOW »