BLET News
An “outpouring of love” for SEPTA’s first female locomotive engineer who retires after 40 years
BLET reaches tentative agreement with Keolis Commuter Services for MBTA locomotive engineers
FRA and OSHA criticize Class I railroads discipline policies that intimidate workers and discourage them from reporting injuries
Biden signs REEF Act, ending unjust reduction of Railroad Unemployment and Sickness Benefits
Texas: Memorial service on January 19 to honor Union Pacific workers who died in Pecos derailment
Twenty years later: The legacy of the Graniteville rail tragedy and remembering the loss of BLET member Chris Seeling
Wrapping up the 2024 Christmas season
James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund: BLET families win big in 2024; Application process now open for 2025
BLET Education & Training Department: Training classes planned for newly-elected Division officers
Update: BLET member Tony Ramos continues to battle brain cancer
BLET notches seventh short line organizing victory since 2023 as workers at Utah Central Railway say YES to BLET
BLET members ratify new contract with Berkshire & Eastern
BLET Advisory Board: VP Alan Holdcraft to retire; James Logan to become VP on January 1
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Rail Industry News
January 19 ceremony to honor UP workers who died in Pecos derailment
(Source: News West 9, January 10, 2024) A ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 19 will honor the Union Pacific workers who died in the Dec. 18, 2024 Pecos, Texas train derailment. The ceremony will take place at the West of the Pecos Museum at 4 p.m. Sull story:...
DOT announces over $1.1 billion in new grants to reduce train-vehicle collisions and blocked rail crossings
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, January 10, 2025) WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced that it has awarded more than $1.1 billion in Railroad Crossing Elimination...
Border agency seeks to close security gaps on rail exports to Canada, Mexico
(Source: Trains.com, January 9, 2025) Federal regulators will attempt to close security gaps on the U.S. rail system for exports destined for Mexico and Canada through a new rulemaking by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The proposed rule, posted Wednesday, Jan....
2 killed, 3 injured when UP train derails in Pecos, TX, after collision
(Source: Associated Press, December 19, 2024) Eddie Hall, national president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen union that represents engineers, said in a statement that the derailment is “a reminder that much more needs to be done to make...
January 6, 2025, marks 20th anniversary of Graniteville tragedy
(Source: The State, January 6, 2025) The wreck released about 60 tons of chlorine, which formed a toxic cloud that moved over Graniteville, killing nine people who breathed in the hazardous fumes. In addition to the nine deaths, more than 500 people went to the...
A NJ Transit rail strike could be coming soon
(Source: NJ.com, December 18, 2025) A key date for commuters to be concerned about is March 21, 2025, when a 120-day cooling off period ends, which under the federal Railway Labor Act gives the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen the right to strike or NJ...
NS line to Asheville, N.C., to be closed until March 2025
(Source: Trains.com, December 17, 2024) Norfolk Southern estimates its former Southern Railway line from Newport, Tenn., to Asheville, N.C., and east to Grovestone, N.C., will reopen by the end of March 2025, a revision of its initial estimate. Full story:...
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