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via e-mail from Q tip http://www.rail-videos.net/video/view.php?id=4222
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*sigh*....moving cars with a tractor
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Worker killed when crushed by rail carASHBURN, Ga. - A man was killed while working at the Golden Peanut Company in Ashburn Monday (Nov. 24), the WALB Web site reports. The Turner County coroner said 24-year-old Keith Branch was helping move a railcar a little before 8 a.m. Monday morning. He got caug...
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Lawmakers consider RR anti-trust law
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Lawmakers consider RR anti-trust law (The following appeared on the North Platte Bulletin website on December 1.) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. Washington lawmakers have called on Congressional leaders to protect consumers, farmers and rural communities from railroad monopoly abuses as part of any econ...
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Rail accidents down?
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Rail accidents down, fatalities up in 2008With 716 large and small U.S. railroads reporting, total accidents and incidents in this year's first nine months were down 10.3 percent to 9,232 compared with the corresponding period last year, according to the Federal Railroad Administration's Offi...
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DOT to implement "strip search" drug-test ruleWASHINGTON - Despite pleas from the UTU, other labor organizations and the BNSF, the Department of Transportation reports it will soon implement a rule that subjects rail and transit workers to a strip search during mandatory drug testin...
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They Got One
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Word here is the feds climbed on the unit of one of our locals and asked to see the engineers cell phone. He showed it to them and it was turned on. Now he is held out of service and rumor has it that he is seriously fucked.
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Rail safety bill nearing passage
MONDAY, SEPT. 29, 1 p.m. UPDATE:
WASHINGTON -- The Senate has voted to suspend debate on a rail safety bill that incorporates Amtrak improvements, and a vote passing it is expected by day's end.
The bill is the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008.
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AK Steel temporarily shutting plants in Ohio, Ky.
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AK Steel temporarily shutting plants in Ohio, Ky. AK Steel temporarily shutting operations in Ohio, Ky. as economic downturn erodes steel demandNovember 11, 2008: 07:39 PM EST NEW YORK (Associated Press) - AK Steel Holding Corp. said Tuesday it was temporarily closing plants in Ohio and Kentucky...
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If theres a reason Washington Dc cannot be occupied??
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Federal railroad agency grant moving forward Operations would shift to area from WashingtonKevin Spradlin Cumberland Times-News CUMBERLAND Allegany County will receive a $2 million grant to provide for continuity of operations and plans (and) continuity of government for the Federal Railro...
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Fallen Brother
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Rail yard worker killed in Texas derailmentHOUSTON - A rail yard worker is dead after he was crushed by a derailed rail car early Tuesday (Nov. 11), sheriff's deputies told the Houston Chronicle. The identity of the worker has not been released. The accident, reported about 4:50 a.m., occurred at a...
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We Never Hear from Any of These Guys.
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Train wreck witness: 'Better look out'The Clarion-Ledger October 23, 2008Recommend (6)Print this page E-mail this article Share Del.icio.us Facebook Digg Reddit Newsvine Buzz up! Cleotha Jennings was sipping a beer at Martins Fish House today when he heard the boom. I saw one...
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Trackside detectors
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I've been keeping an unoffical log of axel counts and the time passing of the 2 detectors on the BNSF Scenic Sub at MP 1762.0 and MP 1778.6 since July. Just something to do while I'm having a smoke in the garage. Today or this evening, I hear a detector give an axel count of "277". It has to be a fuc...
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Did The Teen Have A Cell Phone.........??
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3 engineers charged after teen put at controls CHICAGO -- A Metra engineer has been suspended for allegedly allowing an 18-year-old train enthusiast to operate the controls of a commuter train, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. "Obviously this is unacceptable. This is a serious matter,"...
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RRB to hike benefits, earnings limits
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RRB to hike benefits, earnings limitsThe Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) reports that most Railroad Retirement annuities, like Social Security benefits, will increase in January 2009. The RRB also reports that those Railroad Retirement annuitants subject to earnings restrictions will be ab...
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Info on EO #26
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Information on FRA Emergency Order No. 26 now available CLEVELAND, October 22 The BLET National Division is making available to its members several important documents regarding Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Emergency Order No. 26, which imposes restrictions on the use of personal ce...
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Changes in HOS
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Brothers and Sisters, In regards to the Hours of Service Act that has now become law, attached for your information and review is a document showing the changes, with inserted language underlined and in red, and with deletedlanguage struck-out and in blue. . This is provided for your review and if y...
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Bush signs rail safety bill
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President Bush signs railroad safety bill (The Associated Press circulated the following story by Erica Werner on October 16.) WASHINGTON, D.C. President Bush signed a sweeping railroad safety bill Thursday mandating measures that could have prevented the Sept. 12 collision that killed 25 peo...
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Fallen brother
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UTU member killed in Decatur, Ala., crashDECATUR, Ala. - CSX conductor and UTU member Gregory Johnson has been identified as the rail worker killed in a train derailment in north Alabama. Decatur police said 28-year-old Johnson, of Birmingham, died in the accident Tuesday night, Oct. 14. Johnson...
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Freight railroads pledge to install positive train control in LA by 2012 (The following story by Jennifer Oldham appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on October 9.) LOS ANGELES Two freight railroads that share track with Metrolink commuter trains pledged Wednesday to install advanced safet...
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Guess He Didn't Care About the Passengers.
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Ex-Metra worker hired hit man to kill his ex-wife, a Metra engineer, prosecutors say Print | Email | Contact Us October 7, 2008 CHICAGO - A former Metra commuter agency worker hired a friend who shot at two commuter trains in an attempt to kill the worker's ex-wife, a Metra engineer assigned to operate...
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Bush to sign bill to nearly double Amtrak funding
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Bush to sign bill to nearly double Amtrak funding (The following story by Christopher Conkey appeared on the Wall Street Journal website on October 3.) WASHINGTON, D.C. President George W. Bush will sign legislation that boosts funding for Amtrak and other passenger-rail services, setting up a b...
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The family aftermath
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Engineer's family shoulders profound griefLOS ANGELES - At 11:30 on the morning of Sept. 19, some 60 engineers and conductors gathered at a modest La Crescenta house. They had come to memorialize Robert Sanchez, the engineer killed a week earlier when the Metrolink train he was driving collided wi...
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Brakeman involved in LA crash files lawsuit
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Freight brakeman in deadly LA train collision suesLOS ANGELES The brakeman on the freight train involved in a deadly collision with a commuter train filed a lawsuit against the commuter railroad and the companies that provide its engineers, the Associated Press reports. The lawsuit, filed by Dom...
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Job Opportunities
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Got this from a buddy, supposedly ad was in yesterday's Dallas paper. Who knows, I looked at it and didn't see much opportunity for any hard working rails such as ourselves. -------Original Message-------Subject: Looking for a new career?In our paper today is a full page add for qualified railroa...
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