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FRA launches webpage to report blocked crossings

(Source: Railway Age, December 26, 2019) NEW YORK — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has launched a new webpage for the public and law enforcement to report blocked highway-rail grade crossings. The new FRA Blocked Crossings webpage requests specific...

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CP Rail train hit by an avalanche east of Revelstoke

(Source: The Abbotsford News, December 22, 2019) ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — A CP Rail train has been hit by an avalanche in Glacier National Park, east of Revelstoke. According to a statement from CP Rail, there were no injuries to the crew. Full story: The Abbotsford...

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UP no longer wants to run lines for Metra

(Source: Chicago Daily Herald, December 20, 2019) CHICAGO — Will 2020 be the year Metra begins operating three Union Pacific Railroad commuter routes in its own right? Freight railroad Union Pacific currently runs commuter trains between the city and suburbs as part...

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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.

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