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UP boosts inspections in hazardous mountain passes

October 20, 2014 Faced with public concern about the risks of crude oil shipments, the Union Pacific railroad last month boosted its rail inspection program on mountain passes in California and the West, dispatching high-tech vehicles with lasers to check tracks for imperfections. UP official [...]

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Work Rules, Discipline Policy Keys to LACMTA Deal

October 17, 2014 SMART Transportation Division members represented by General Committee of Adjustment GO 875 have approved a new agreement with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority that attains all of the goals sought by the committee’s negotiating team. The general co [...]

Tags bus, General Chairperson James Williams, LACMTA Metro

GLA Pilots Land Deal After Years in Holding Pattern

October 17, 2014 After nearly three years of mediation with Great Lakes Airlines in conjunction with the National Mediation Board, SMART Transportation Division-represented airline pilots employed by the company have finally reached an agreement with the carrier. Following several requests by [...]

Tags Great Lakes Airlines, Transportation Division Local 40

Railroads press against proposals to slow oil trains

October 17, 2014 U.S. railroads are rallying customers, including lumber and steel companies, to fight a government proposal to slow trains hauling crude oil. Urged by railroads, more than a dozen companies and business groups are warning regulators that cutting speeds to 40 mph from 50 mph w [...]

Tags AAR, Association of American Railroads, crude oil

FRA gives findings from Metra safety assessment

October 17, 2014 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced the findings and recommendations from its focused safety assessment of Chicago’s Metra. The assessment finds Metra to be generally compliant with federal safety regulati [...]

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44 injured in Arkansas train collision

October 16, 2014 WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ark. – Forty-four people were injured as a passenger train collided with a freight train south of West Fork on Thursday morning (Oct. 16), according to the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management. Of those injured, five are in critical condition while t [...]

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Risch comments on PHMSA proposed rule making

October 16, 2014 ECP braking technology is part of DOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) proposed ruling to make hauling crude oil safer. If passed, the proposal would require advanced braking systems, called electronically controlled pneumatic bra [...]

Tags ECP, John Risch, John Risch, PHMSA

Mother of former UTU Auxiliary President Menges dies

October 16, 2014 Laurine G. Wildhaber, 82, the mother of former Auxiliary of the United Transportation Union International President Carol Menges, died Oct. 14, at the University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics. Carol is the spouse of SMART Transportation Division Missouri State Legislative [...]

Tags Auxiliary of the United Transportation Union, Laurine G. Wildhaber, Menges

GLA pilots land deal after years in holding pattern

October 15, 2014 After nearly three years of mediation with Great Lakes Airlines in conjunction with the National Mediation Board, SMART Transportation Division-represented airline pilots employed by the company have finally reached an agreement with the carrier. Following several requests by [...]

Tags Diane King, Great Lakes Airlines, Jeremy Ferguson, Matthew Klundt, pilots

CN opens state-of-the-art employee training facility

October 15, 2014 HOMEWOOD, Ill. – Canadian National Railway Company Oct. 14 officially opened its new employee training center in suburban Chicago. The 55,000-square-foot facility will host up to 250 CN students from across the United States every week, with hands-on training for all key rai [...]

Tags Canadian National Railway Company, CN