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SEPTA Track Inspector Killed By TrainPHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) A SEPTA track inspector has been struck and killed by a regional rail train in East Oak Lane. Authorities say the accident involving an inbound R3 train happened at about 8:45 a.m. at 8th Street and Chelten Avenue. Police say the inspector wa...
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Minn. commuter line sets Nov. 17 start-up
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Minn. commuter line sets Nov. 17 start-upMINNEAPOLIS -- The hottest ticket in town Nov. 14 will be an inaugural-run train ticket on the $320 million Northstar Commuter Rail Line, reports Minneapolis Labor Review.The UTU, the BLET and the Amalgamated Transit Union will represent employees. The n...
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Strike-crowded Philly commuter train catches fire
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Strike-crowded Philly commuter train catches firePHILADELPHIA -- A Philadelphia commuter train caught fire Wednesday, complicating the morning rush already hampered by the city's transit strike. Officials said no injuries were reported, according to the Associated Press. The cause of the b...
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Health care insurance premiums to rise
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Health care insurance premiums to riseFor rail employees covered under the health and welfare provisions of the national railroad agreement, health care insurance cost contributions rise beginning Jan. 1, from the current $170.96 per month to $200 monthly, owing to increases in health care cos...
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FRA forges preliminary 'National Rail Plan' (The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on October 19, 2009.) On Friday, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) released a preliminary National Rail Plan (NRP) aimed at formulating a strategy to address the nations rail ne...
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NTSB releases info on fatal train crash
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NTSB releases info on fatal train crashBETTENDORF, Iowa -- The National Transportation Safety Board has released additional information regarding the July 14 train crash in Bettendorf that killed two railroad workers, the Quad-City Times reports. According to the NTSB report that was issued O...
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Why are people so Frakkin Steewpid about trains??
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http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=28034 Most Connex Engineers were probably Amtrak employees. If Amtrak takes over from Connex next year, most likely all the Connex Engineers will switch to work for Amtrak. Net result......No Change.
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BNSF, UP shares drop; analysts see 2010 profits under pressure
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BNSF, UP shares drop; analysts see 2010 profits under pressure (The Associated Press circulated the following on October 23, 2009.) HARTFORD, CONN. Analysts said Friday that the nation's two largest railroads could face even more difficulty squeezing out profits next year after turning in thir...
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Amtrak gub fight threatens transport bill
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Amtrak gun fight threatens transport billWASHINGTON - A push in Congress for broader gun rights is threatening to derail Amtrak and stall a transportation spending bill, according to the Capitol Hill Publishing Corp. A push in Congress for broader gun rights is threatening to derail Amtrak and st...
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PTC safety costs chafe railroads
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PTC safety costs chafe railroadsWASHINGTON -- Passenger- and freight-railroad operators are pressing the White House to scale back proposed rules that would mandate billions in new safety hardware to prevent collisions, warning that the financial burden could lead to cuts in passenger-train...
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Member awarded $1.3M in trial over train fire
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Member awarded $1.3M in trial over train fireSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A former Union Pacific trainman has been awarded $1,284,527 by a jury in Sacramento federal court for respiratory injuries he claims were caused by toxic fumes from a locomotive fire, The Sacramento Bee reported. After a day's del...
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Rail labor force at lowest level
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Rail labor force at lowest levelJobs at major U.S. railroads got scarcer from mid-August to mid-September than at any other point in the recession so far, reports the Journal of Commerce. The seven largest railroads said in filings to the Surface Transportation Board that they employed 149,428 pe...
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NTSB seeks sleep apnea screening
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NTSB seeks sleep apnea screening WASHINGTON The National Transportation Safety Board said Oct. 20 that federal regulators should start screening truck and bus drivers, commercial pilots, train engineers and merchant sailors for sleep apnea, a disorder that is cropping up in transportation ac...
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BLET sues to deactivate Metrolink cameras
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BLET sues to deactivate Metrolink cameras (The Associated Press circulated the following on October 20, 2009.) LOS ANGELES The union representing Metrolink engineers is suing the Southern California rail authority to deactivate video cameras in its commuter trains. Metrolink said Tuesday th...
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Railroaders concerned after bomb scare
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Railroaders concerned after bomb scareA bomb scare in Oklahoma City that left the BNSF rail system inoperable for several hours has some local railroaders concerned about track safety, the Arkansas City, Ark., Traveler reports. The Oklahoma City bomb squad Sunday night disposed of at least thre...
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N.Y. subpoenas LIRR retirees
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N.Y. subpoenas LIRR retireesNEW YORK -- New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is issuing subpoenas for more than 100 recent retirees of the Long Island Rail Road as part of an ongoing probe into the unusually high rates of former LIRR workers collecting a federal disability pension, reports Long I...
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Slow Economy and Transportation
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DerailedRecession has stalled transportation-sector growth locallySunday, October 11, 2009 3:35 AMBy Dan Gearino THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Phil Young, who retired after 40 years as a locomotive engineer, said he doubts Buckeye Yard will ever regain its prominence in the freight industry.Rail c...
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Rail re-regulation legislation pondered
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Rail re-regulation legislation ponderedNEW YORK While no official word has been issued on when legislation to re-regulate the railroad industry will be formally introduced coupled with its specific details on what it will entail there were no shortage of opinions about the bill at this weeks Rai...
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Laredo City Council asked to be more "considerate" towards KCS
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Laredo City Council asked to be more "considerate" towards KCS (The following story by Ray Gomez appeared on the Pro8News.com website on October 6, 2009.) LAREDO, Texas At last night's city council meeting, discussions on the new rail bridge revealed the addition could bring billion d...
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New York seeking $11.6 billion in stimulus money to develop empire corridor
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New York seeking $11.6 billion in stimulus money to develop empire corridor (The following appeared on the Empire State News website on October 6, 2009.) ALBANY, N.Y. Governor David Paterson announced that the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has applied for $11.6 billion in...
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FRA to award rail grants this winter
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FRA to award rail grants this winterThe Federal Railroad Administration will make grant awards this winter out of its $8 billion stimulus fund for freight and passenger rail systems, the Journal of Commerce reported. The agency revealed its new timetable as it said states had submitted requests f...
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NTSB releases factual information on fatal DM&E crash in Iowa
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NTSB releases factual information on fatal DM&E crash in Iowa (The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on October 2, 2009. BLET members Andrew Reed and Josh Osborn were killed in the accident.) WASHINGTON, D.C. In its continuing investigation of a freight train accide...
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Neb. high court to hear FELA dispute
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Neb. high court to hear FELA disputePeople injured on the job are usually entitled to file a worker's compensation claim, but a Union Pacific conductor who hurt his knee walking to work wants the same benefit, reports the Associated Press. The Nebraska Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments o...
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