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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

UTU seeks sell-out of BNSF engineers

Once again showing its willingness to sell out operating crafts, leadership of the United Transportation Union has proposed eliminating locomotive engineer jobs on BNSF Railway lines in Washington and Oregon.

Inspector General’s Amtrak proposal wrong, BLET says

The Department of Transportation’s Inspector General again claimed that Amtrak could save between $75 million and $158 million annually by doing away with dining, lounge and sleeper cars, checked baggage service and food and beverage service on its long-distance runs.

BLET releases remote control hazard study

Major U.S. railroad corporations should no longer be permitted to operate remote control locomotives free from regulatory oversight by the Federal Railroad Administration (“FRA”).

Hahs statement on withdrawal from AFL-CIO

As President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, the founding member of the Teamsters’ Rail Conference, I respect the decision of General President Hoffa and the Teamsters General Executive Board to disaffiliate from the AFL-CIO.

BLET members urged to ask Congress to oppose CAFTA

Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen are asked to call the House of Representatives and urge their Representative to oppose CAFTA–the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement.

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