BNSF sent crews into a treacherous Stampede Pass blizzard, union tells WA lawmakers

(Source: Seattle Times, February 22, 2018)

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A train workers’ union told a harrowing tale Thursday about ascending Stampede Pass in a blizzard, where a train broke apart, and a locomotive engineer spent 10 hours stranded inside the tunnel. The conductor made six trips through waist-deep snow in the dark and through the exhaust-filled tunnel to help reconnect railcars, then left to make radio calls, according to a union report.

Full story: Seattle Times

Friday, February 23, 2018