BLET Newsletter
Trump budget slashes funding for Amtrak long-distance service
(Source: Progressive Railroading 03/12/2019) President Donald Trump's fiscal-year 2020 budget request submitted yesterday calls for "restructuring" Amtrak and slashing the railroad's budget to emphasize ...
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It’s taking a team effort for Union Pacific to roll out its version of PSR
UP aims to operate more manifest trains since the overall focus now is on moving individual cars. Photo – Union ...
Read More Derailments raise concerns about the surge in oil trains
(Source: Toronto Star, March 11, 2019) TORONTO — Now that so much oil is being shipped by rail from Alberta to ...
Read More Reminder: Deadline is March 31 James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund applications
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 7 — As a reminder, applications for the James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund are due on ...
Read More China-based company hires first assembly workers at new Chicago rail car plant
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 6, 2019) CRRC Sifang America has hired the initial group of employees to assemble Chicago Transit Authority's ...
Read More Union Pacific CEO defends stock buybacks
(Source: CNBC, March 6, 2019) NEW YORK — Stock buybacks are under attack — but they really may just be misunderstood, ...
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Public Hearing of HB 2970 Two Person Crew Bill in Oregon
On March 4, 2019, in Salem, Oregon I had the pleasure of attending the Joint Committee on Transportation public hearing ...
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Port of Vancouver USA rail project recognized for engineering excellence
Aerial image of the port's new freight-rail corridor. Photo – HDR (Source: Progressive Railroading 03/04/2019) The Port of Vancouver USA won a ...
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Senators to reintroduce grade crossing safety act
(Source: Progressive Railroading 03/05/19) U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) announced they will reintroduce a bill ...
Read More More growth planned for UP-CP Can-Am corridor
(Source: Railway Age, March 4, 2019) NEW YORK — The past two decades have been a time of steady growth for ...
Read More Washington state safety bill would set lower pressure standards for trains carrying oil
(Source: The Spokesman-Review, March 5, 2019) SPOKANE, Wash. — Trains carrying crude oil through Spokane and the rest of the state ...
Read More Registration open for BLET’s St. Louis regional meeting, June 24-28, 2019
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 28 — Registration is now open for the BLET regional meeting at the Hilton at the Ballpark ...
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The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen - UP Western Region GCA represents locomotive engineers working in the Western Region of the Union Pacific Railroad, which encompasses Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and portions of Nevada. We also represent members on the Portland & Western Railroad as well as the Portland Terminal Railroad.
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