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Engineer dies on train
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UTU member dies aboard train in New MexicoBNSF Railway locomotive engineer Lenard E. Noice, a member of Local 1168 in Clovis, N.M., died Jan. 16 after an incident that occurred while he was on a run between Clovis and Ft. Sumner. He was 59 and planned to retire in February 2010. Circumstances of Noices...
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NJ Politicians earning their keep
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N.J. bill: No texting while operating train, busTRENTON, N.J. - A fatal commuter train crash in California is the reason for a New Jersey bill to bar train conductors and bus drivers from text messaging or sending e-mails while their vehicles are moving, Newsday reports. Only emergency electronic...
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Experts weigh in on new HOS
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http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,1856506Re: New Hours of Service Author: Jaap thanks to whiners in crafts and unions, who wanted to adress the fatique issue, don't blame congress , blame the unions. The new HOS will severely affect the whistldic...
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3 go to jail for attacking Amtrak Engineer
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3 gang members get prison for attack on Amtrak engineer (The following story by Hudson Sangree appeared on the Sacramento Bee website on January 10.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. Three young men convicted of attacking an Amtrak engineer in West Sacramento and of being members of the Broderick Boys street ga...
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UTU good samaritan injured aiding others
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UTU good samaritan injured aiding othersUTU member Glenn Fry is recovering from serious injuries he received when, while acting as a good samaritan, he was struck by a snow plow. Fry, a CSX locomotive engineer and member of Local 313 in Grand Rapids, Mich., was on his way to work when he noticed a car go...
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RRB Unemployment Benefits
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Can you help me spread the word:If a person is not compensated for 5 or more days in a 14 day period that they should contact us to file for unemployment benefits. They will at least fulfill their waiting period.A person does not need to be on the furlough board in order to collect unemployment benefits...
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Freight drops sharply
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U.S. rail freight drops sharplyA sharp downturn in the final week, month and quarter brought an end to the worst year for U.S. rail traffic since 2004. The years 2005 through 2007 were consecutively the three best years in history, according to the Association of American Railroads. But 2008 came in...
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FMLA Update
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FMLA update: Another positive ruling CLEVELAND, January 9 Resolution of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) continues to unfold in a positive manner for Rail Labor as a group of FMLA arbitrators unanimously overturned additional carrier arguments on January 8. After receiving the December 2...
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Antitrust
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US to reconsider applying antitrust law to railroad (Reuters circulated the following on January 7.) WASHINGTON, D.C. Congress is expected to reconsider legislation that would strip big railroad companies of their antitrust exemption, spurred on by power companies who accuse them of price gou...
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More MetroLink Fallout
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Bosses of texting engineer are accused in Metrolink crash (The following story by Rebecca Cathcart appeared on the New York Times website on January 6.) LOS ANGELES Supervisors of an engineer who had been text-messaging when he drove a commuter train into an oncoming freight here in September had b...
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FRA to limit engineer license restrictions
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FRA to limit engineer license restrictions In a move likely also to affect conductor certification when implemented in 2010, the Federal Railroad Administration proposes limits on a carrier's ability to reclassify a locomotive engineer's certification to a more restrictive class. The FRA als...
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Ever have the feeling you're being watched?
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Metrolink may watch engineers with camerasLOS ANGELES - Metrolink engineers could soon be watched by live video cameras installed in commuter train locomotives, but the onboard surveillance proposal is drawing criticism, the Associated Press reports. The proposal comes more than three month...
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Soinds like the "F" word is basically true...
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...and NOT just a rumor. Shift foreman confirmed taday that 450 [!] TY&E will be chopped after Christmas and the week following... Blame weak traffic demand, falling grain prices, weak merchandise sales [retail], and shitty overall economic conditions. Seattle Terminal stands ta send thos...
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RCO job loss
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This is from "CSXT Origins" Baltimore Division November 2008 New Protection Implemented CSXT continually looks for new ways to make the railroad a safer and more efficient workplace. In this ongoing effort, the company has conceptualized a new Remote Control Operation for locomotiv...
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Penn Central
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'Nother 'short' line goes ta MARCO...
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Port of Coos Bay will buy rail line The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay has agreed to buy the Coos Bay Rail Line from Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad (CORP) for $16.6 million. Last month the Surface Transportation Board set the price for the 111-mile line linking Eugene and Coquille, Ore....
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Here comes PTC (PCT for Goat) Regulation
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FRA begins development of Positive Train Control regulations (The Federal Railroad Administration issued the following on December 22.) WASHINGTON, D.C. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is moving forward with developing new rules that prescribe how railroads should implement Pos...
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Sinking Volumes
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Weekly U.S. rail shipments sink againWASHINGTON - U.S. rail shipments continue to drop, according to the Associated Press. The Association of American Railroads said Thursday (Dec. 11) that freight carried on the tracks for the week ending Dec. 6 totaled 301,120 cars, down 8.5 percent from the sa...
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The 'slump' catches up ta LAMCO
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Freight traffic continues to slump U.S. carload freight for the week ended December 13 declined 9.3% compared with the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) says. Intermodal volume declined 11.6% from the year-ago period. Canadian railroads during the week ended Dece...
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2 trains collide in Winona County; cars fall into riverAt least 40 cars were derailed and some went into the Mississippi River in the 5:30 a.m. crash near Dresbach, officials say. Liquid ammonia and propane are leaking from some of the cars. By PAUL WALSH Last update: December 17, 2008 - 9:34 AMPrint t...
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Chatsworth crash's roots lie 20 years in past
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Chatsworth crash's roots lie 20 years in pastLOS ANGELES -- The roots of the worst passenger rail disaster in modern California history go far deeper than whether a Metrolink engineer ran through a red stop light and into the path of a Union Pacific freight train, The Los Angeles Times reports. Inter...
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Our leader and spiritual advisor has been noticed launching weenies at the soverign state of SD. Said leader / biker has chosen to ignore the many fine aspects of this state--especially in the western part. We made our first visit here three years ago and enjoyed it so much that a second trip was nee...
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More layoffs elsewhere
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IHB railroad cuts 30 jobs as business slowsMUNSTER, Ind. - The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad is laying off 30 employees due to a sharp drop in shipping by steel mills, automakers and major railroads, the Northwest Indiana Times reports. Union officials were told of the layoffs Wednesday and all empl...
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Fallen Canadian Brother
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CN worker killed on the job in Ontario THUNDER BAY, Ont. - A CN worker has died on the job, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) confirmed Friday (Dec. 5), the Thunder Bay Source reports. Terry Paradis, 45, of Hornepayne, Ont., died after a section of rail became dislodged from the rack and boom arm that...
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Fallen Brother on the UP
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UP conductor killed in ColoradoDENVER - A Union Pacific conductor was killed Wednesday night (Dec. 3) in Adams County, Colo., when a tractor-trailer plowed into him and the train he was on at an unlit, unguarded intersection, according to reports in the Rocky Mountain News, the Denver Post and the K...
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