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Documents available on this website are a partial representation of those comprising the Agreements in force between the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, Western Region General Committee of Adjustment and the Union Pacific Railroad Company as governed by the Railway Labor Act. This information is provided solely for the guidance and usage of Engineers and Trainmen represented by the BLET, Western Region General Committee of Adjustment. All rights, including those of copy or duplication, are reserved for this group. Scanning and reproduction errors are unintentional.

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BLET Newsletter

Stimulus bill includes $25B for transit, $1B for Amtrak

March 27, 2020
(Source: Progressive Railroading 03/27/2020) The U.S. House today is expected to vote on a $2.2 trillion legislation package passed by ...
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France transfers coronavirus patients on high-speed train with mobile emergency room

March 27, 2020
(Source: National Public Radio, March 26, 2020)WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a first for Europe, 20 critically ill coronavirus patients were ...
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To build its emerging megaregions, USA should turn to trains

March 27, 2020
(Source: City Metric, March 27, 2020. The following is an extract from “Designing the Megaregion: Meeting Urban Challenges at a ...
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Opinion: “A fluid, unknown rail freight market”

March 27, 2020
(Source: Freight Waves opinion column by Jim Blaze, March 26, 2020)CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — With the coronavirus pandemic as background, let’s ...
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U.S. Senate passes $2 trillion stimulus bill; rail/transit to receive billions

March 27, 2020
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, March 26, 2020)NEW YORK — By a unanimous 96-0 vote, the U.S. Senate on March ...
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NTSB: Undetected cracks in tank car led to ethanol release in CSX yard

March 26, 2020
The leaking tank car was the sixth car of a train that consisted of a buffer car loaded with steel ...
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Rail Conference seeks benefit improvements in stimulus bill

March 26, 2020
(Source: Progressive Railroad 03/26/2020) The Teamsters Rail Conference has asked Congress to improve railroad retirement unemployment and sickness benefits as part of ...
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Freight-rail traffic in Week 12 reflects falling demand for certain products

March 26, 2020
(Source: Progressive Railroading 03/26/2020) U.S. freight-rail traffic tumbled 8.6 percent to 459,966 carloads and intermodal units during the week ending ...
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Short lines seek temporary waivers from FRA due to coronavirus

March 26, 2020
(Source: Freight Waves, March 25, 2020)CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A handful of short line railroads are asking the Federal Railroad Administration ...
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AAR: “We may have seen the worst of COVID-19’s impacts on Asian trade”

March 26, 2020
(Source: Railway Age, March 25, 2020)NEW YORK — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) released U.S. rail traffic for the ...
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T&I Committee Helps Secure Key Provisions for Workers and Families in New House Bill to Address the Impacts of the Coronavirus

March 25, 2020
(Source: Media Release T&I Committee March 24, 2020) For Immediate Release:  March 24, 2020 Contact: Kerry Arndt Washington, DC – ...
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TSA to require freight railroads to provide training addressing terrorist threats

March 25, 2020
(Source: Freight Waves, March 24, 2020)CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Rail employees involved in higher-risk freight rail operations must now be trained ...
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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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