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Did anybody get their BLET 2011 timebooks yet? Mine has not showed up yet and it's ruining Christmas.
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Conductor certification coming Jan. 1, 2012
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Conductor certification coming Jan. 1, 2012 WASHINGTON -- In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) published in the Nov. 10 Federal Register, the Federal Railroad Administration proposes to make Jan. 1, 2012, the effective date for implementation of conductor certification. The rulemaking o...
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UTU member honors paralyzed veterans
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UTU member honors paralyzed veterans Union Pacific conductor and UTU member Scott Burns' latest fishing story isn't about the big one that got away. It's about the privilege of serving others. This summer, Burns volunteered his time, equipment and boat as a captain during the Paralyzed Veterans o...
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I got a letter from CPA today saying they were cancelling my insurance as of Dec. 10. I called them up and asked WTF? I pay my money on time, never had to use them, etc. Turns out CPA is shutting it's doors on Dec 10 and that I shouldn't feel special, they are cancelling all of their policy holders. I guess...
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Look here!
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If you guys on any railroad, have ANY complaints on JEM radios, can I get some sort of email of it? About I year ago, I started a crusade against these pieces of shit, and now it looks like somebody is beginning to listen, but I need a little more ammunition from other Class I's. I'm trying to eliminate the t...
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FRA to make cell-phone ban permanent
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FRA to make cell-phone ban permanent WASHINGTON -- The Federal Railroad Administration has announced it will make permanent its Emergency Order No. 26 restricting the use by on-duty train crews of cell phones and other electronic devices. Some changes, as described below, are to be included in t...
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On your smart rest the going to work at 0001 just sucks ....Heres a way to beat it on the extra board. Bid a pool turn in and as soon you accept that job, change your bid back to the extra board ..... You have a new position Also works as a foot of the board ...
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Gehrig's disease fells member; family in need
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Gehrig's disease fells member; family in needAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrigs disease) is a debilitating and terminal disease and Local 1440 member Robert Sullivan, age 40, an employee of Staten Island Railway in New York City, is fighting its effects. Sully has been unable t...
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Steam Man Passes On
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Bill Purdie, Southern's steam master, diesPrint article E-mail article to a friend Published: Friday, July 23, 2010Southern Railway's master mechanic-steam occupies the engineer's seat of Tennessee Valley 630 during a 1980s excursion. Photo by: Jim WrinnATLANTA - Bill Purdie, the beloved ma...
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Probe continues into Fontana train crash that led to amputation of conductor's arm
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Probe continues into Fontana train crash that led to amputation of conductor's arm September 10, 2010 | 12:12 pm Investigators continued their probe Friday into what caused two trains to collide near Interstate 10 in Fontana, forcing doctors to amputate a conductor's arm to free him from the wre...
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Two Dead in line of Duty
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I heard a rumor that possibly two conductors died today. The first one was a new hire in Paulsboro NJ. The second one was possible a tresspasser at Oak Island, but could be a conductor. That is all I have for now.
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Donations sought for family of UTU member
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Donations sought for family of UTU memberUTU brothers, sisters and friends are collecting money for the young family of Jeffery Scholl, a member of Local 367, Omaha, Neb., who was killed in June when a storm-weakened bridge on which he was standing collapsed. "On June 15, we in Nebraska lost...
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A few pointers.....
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From the best of Craig's list........ A few pointers from your friendly neighborhood locomotive engineerDate: 2009-11-15, 5:45PM EST Let's start with some DON'Ts. 1) A train is really, really big. Can we all accept that? Not even your Ram/F350/Hummer/douche-mobile is a match for a locomotiv...
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Guess this must go here...laying track
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Ever wonder how the Europeans get their railroad track so precise and perfect enough so to support 200-300mph trains. Their must a genius or two to design rail laying equipment like you'll see here. http://www.flixxy.com/train-laying-track.htm
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The yard Shanty...
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...as remembered by *Cy...on the left.
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Member killed on Pan Am Southern
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Member killed on Pan Am SouthernEAST DEERFIELD, Mass. - A 35-year-old UTU member, caught under a railroad car early Tuesday morning (July 13) as he and others attempted to uncouple it from an engine while they were working in a River Road railroad yard, died from his injuries at Baystate Franklin Med...
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Did 'point protector' cause derailment?
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Did 'point protector' cause derailment?AUSTIN, Texas - A new piece of equipment intended to keep trains on the track may have contributed to two recent freight train derailments, including one Wednesday that forced the cancellation of all morning MetroRail trains and blocked Seventh Street tra...
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UTU seeks collaborative safety, security plan
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UTU seeks collaborative safety, security planBy UTU International President Mike Futhey The recent tragic, senseless and violent murder in New Orleans of CSX conductor Fred Gibbs, and wounding of the train's engineer (a potential witness whose name is being withheld), accelerates an already...
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Slain CSX conductor was saving money for formal wedding
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Slain CSX conductor was saving money for formal wedding (The following story by Robin Fitzgerald appeared on the Sun Herald website on June 22, 2010.) BILOXI, Miss. Relatives of a train conductor fatally shot in an attempted robbery said he lived in Biloxi and was saving money for a formal wedding. C...
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Services for UTU member killed in Nebraska
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Services for UTU member killed in NebraskaNORFOLK, Neb. -- Funeral services have been scheduled for UTU member and Nebraska Central engineer Jeff Scholl, 38, of Norfolk Neb., who died last week after a railroad bridge collapsed near Sara's Lake in Norfolk. Scholl was a member of UTU Local 367. Ser...
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listen up poeple
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And I am totally lost on the whole issue of what went wrong...If this is about someone taking offense on a thread of either train hits truck or truck hits train they need to thicken up their own skin. I have hit several vehicles and I really couldn't care if the thread states train blows up 2003 Chevy 1 ton 4...
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Body of Nebraska Central worker found
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Body of missing Nebraska railroad worker found (AP) 2 hours ago LINCOLN, Neb. A lawyer says searchers have found the body of a railroad worker who has been missing since floodwaters washed out a bridge in northeast Nebraska. Nebraska Central Railroad attorney Bob Bach says the body of 38-year-old J...
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