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Fatality in Terre Haute
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Railroad worker killed by derailed tank carUpdated: Sep 11, 2008 05:15 PM EDT HEADLINESSoCal train wreck death toll rises to 17 Nearly 3M people without power as Ike hits WTHR.com introduces interactive radar Ike hits Texas coast More arrests in Portland murder Rain concerns as MotoGP kicks off Te...
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Investigators search for clues to railroad pipe bombs
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. Investigators were looking for answers Thursday after a work crew discovered someone had left two pipe bombs on a railroad track near Newberry. The Alachua County Sheriffs Bomb Disposal Team rendered the devices safe, said Sheriffs Office spokesman Art Forgey. Along with depu...
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In the Line of Duty: R.D. Pendarvis
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In the Line of Duty: R.D. Pendarvis CLEVELAND, September 4 Brother Richard D. Ricky Pendarvis, a member of BLET Division 523 in Chickasha, Okla., was killed in the line of duty on August 29 when his Union Pacific locomotive collided with a propane tanker truck near Medford, Okla. The collision trigg...
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Jerry Bour Jr.
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UTU member Jerry Bour Jr. passes at age 40UTU Local 1000 (Minneapolis, Minn.) member Jerome "Jerry" Bour Jr. passed away July 10. He was 40 years old and lived in St. Paul. Jerry worked 11 years for the BNSF as a switchman and conductor. "He will be dearly missed by all. Condolences to t...
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DOT delays mandatory direct observation regulation to November 1
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DOT delays mandatory direct observation regulation to November 1 CLEVELAND, August 24 The U.S. Department of Transportation is postponing from August 25 to November 1 a new regulation that would subject employees to mandatory direct observation during drug tests conducted when a transportati...
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Fallen Brother
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Amtrak identifies employee killed by trainBALTIMORE - An Amtrak employee who died Wednesday (Aug. 20) after he was struck by an Acela Express train has been identified as a Baltimore County resident, a railroad spokeswoman told the Baltimore Sun. Karina Romero, the spokeswoman, said Steven Rych...
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RR HOF?
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Railroad Hall of Fame seeks city backingGALESBURG, Ill. -- The Galesburg City Council will be asked Monday to approve a resolution supporting the downtown location of the National Railroad Hall of Fame and, if needed, help find a place to put the Hall of Fame. The regular 7:30 p.m. meeting at City Hal...
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Management
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We've said this dozens of times, management does come here and they can read. I know most of you don't think they can but they do. Next item, even though we all have aliases management usually can figure you out who you are eventually through a slip up. I know its fun to bash em and abuse em, but they can also...
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Moab
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Today, I got on an engine and written in magic marker above the windshield was, "Moab, 2007. Immediately, I decided this engine had been south of Denver.
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All I can say is good luck
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Effort to keep trespassers off train tracks following deaths in New Jersey (The following story appeared on The Star-Ledger website on August 3.) NEWARK, N.J. Manville police are working to keep trespassers off the railroad tracks following recent fatalities on the Norfolk-Southern and CSX rai...
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Bend Over and touch your ankles
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Unions challenge DOT's "strip search" regulation http://www.ble.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=4678 CLEVELAND, August 14 - The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, along with seven other rail unions and the BNSF Railway, has filed a lawsuit challenging a new Depar...
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Hazmat Training
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Hazmat training offered railroad workersThe Department of Energy (DOE) is sponsoring a radiological transportation training program for railroad workers. It will be held Sept. 8-10 at the National Labor College in Silver Spring, Md. The DOE has shipped large amounts and a variety of radioactiv...
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Looks like a good year for railroads...
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...and those of us working on/for a railroad, especially a Class-I. Check out this report from the Wall Street Journal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Railroads, Packing Pricing Power, Deliver Big Profits Union Pacific's Jump In Earnings Is in Line With Robust Industry's By ALEX ROTH Jul...
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Rude awakening!
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Uke was blasted out of a very deep sleep at 0510 this morning by an empty grainer with draggin' wheels...at least three, four wheels... Surely the TM/YM at Balmer heard this through their stupor... But if they had, nary a sign of that train's stopping as it headed north. Job security for the car-knocke...
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Retaliation
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Retaliation at the rails (The following investigative report by George Knapp appeared on the Las Vegas Now website on July 23. A video of this report is available on the Las Vegas Now website. Previous reporting in this series is available here (Part 1) and here (Part 2). LAS VEGAS Former employees of...
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It was a good 2Q despite floods
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Railroads post solid 2Q profits despite floodsNEW YORK -- Despite rapidly accelerating fuel costs and Midwest floods putting a damper on profits, the nation's two largest railroad's second-quarter profits were boosted by demand for farm products, coal and improving operational efficiency. U...
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Share the risk in hazmat shipping
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RRs want risk-sharing for transporting hazmatWASHINGTON -- Calling the safety of the American public of paramount importance, the nation's freight railroads today urged the country's shippers of highly hazardous materials or toxic inhalation hazards (TIH) to become full partners with the ra...
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FELA lawsuit
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FELA lawsuit over noise exposureA 13-year veteran with Alton & Southern Railway has filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) complaint, alleging he was exposed to noise pollution, the Madison County, Ill., Record reports. In papers filed in Madison County Circuit Court on July 16, Ke...
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FRA proposes rule to protect roadway workers
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FRA proposes rule to protect roadway workersThe Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently issued a notice of proposed rulemaking targeted at protecting roadway workers from train or equipment movements on an adjacent track. The proposed rule would require railroads, contractors and ro...
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