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WRGCA Inward Facing Camera Claims

Brothers and Sisters, Below is a memo that was sent out to all of the BLET UPWRGCA Local Chairman on January 30, 2018 regarding the Inward Facing Camera Claims:   MEMO To:       Division Local Chairmen RE: Inward Facing Cameras claims   Brothers, As you know, we have been involved in a dispute with the…

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Canadian oil exports by rail increasing

(Source: UPI, January 30, 2018) With Canadian crude oil production up slightly, and given infrastructure limitations, federal data show oil exports by rail at a historic high. Data from Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) show the November 2017 average for exports by rail was the highest since November 2014. Full story: www.upi.com Tuesday, January 30, 2018

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Q&A: RRB reports performance under Customer Service Plan

(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, January 17, 2018) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board’s Customer Service Plan promotes the principles and objectives of customer-driven quality service agency-wide. The RRB’s plan lays out the standards and expresses the time frames in terms of when the agency is required to make its decision to pay or…

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UP, Port of Brownsville culminate switchyard relocation project

(Source: Port of Brownsville press release, January 30, 2018) BROWNSVILLE, Texas — On December 28, 2017, Brownsville Navigation District Chairman John Wood signed final paperwork with Union Pacific Railroad to officially culminate a 44-year project to improve the region’s economic vitality, environment and social benefits by relocating two outdated railroad switchyards from downtown Brownsville to areas…

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UP begins work on $550 million Brazos Yard, its largest capital investment ever

(Source: Omaha World-Herald, January 30, 2018) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific, whose deferred tax liabilities fell about $5 billion from the federal tax cut, has started construction on a $550 million rail yard in Texas that is the largest capital investment since its founding in 1862. Full story: Omaha World-Herald Wednesday, January 31, 2018

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