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Local 1626 asks for your help in members’ time of need

February 27, 2017 Local 1626 President Vern Gillis wrote the following plea for help on behalf of Brother Dinsmore and his family. “As we get older we start being able to put all things into perspective. What I know for sure is that family is not just an important thing, it’s everything. For u [...]

Tags Local 1626, Lucas Dinsmore, Lymphoma, TJ Dinsmore

Go Fund Me account set up for fallen Brother, John Schneider

February 7, 2017 Friends of fallen Brother, John P. Schneider, recently set up a Go Fund Me account that is accepting donations in support of Brother Schneider’s family. Click here to donate. Schneider, 54, of Spokane Valley, Wash., was hit and killed by a Union Pacific train on Tuesday [...]

SMART Support for Wreaths Across America

December 19, 2016 This past Saturday was the 25th Wreaths across America day, where 44,000 volunteers placed 245,000 wreaths at gravesites and memorials in Arlington Cemetery. This is also coordinated and carried out with wreath-laying ceremonies at 1,100 additional locations in all 50 states [...]

Conductor plays Santa online in your home

December 9, 2014 Now that the holiday season is upon us, we can expect that Santa Claus is very busy. So much so, that he has given in to the digital age by making himself available online. Our Santa – and there really is only one true Santa – is none other than BNSF Railway conductor and SMA [...]

Tags Local 202, Santa Claus, Tommy L. Casey

Collection boxes set up for stabbed Amtrak conductor

December 9, 2014 Collection boxes have been set up at Chicago’s Union Station to accept donations to assist Amtrak conductor and SMART Transportation Division member Dontreal “Donnie” Bankhead and his family, according to Illinois State Legislative Director Robert Guy. Bankhead, 40, a member [...]

Tags Amtrak, Dontreal “Donnie” Bankhead, Robert Guy, stabbing

Gun raffle to benefit Mich. SLD’s daughter

December 1, 2014 Kelsey Gibson, daughter of Michigan State Legislative Director Jerry Gibson, was in a near-fatal accident in January 2013 when she was broadsided by a pickup truck in heavy fog. Kelsey’s injuries were extensive and included a long hospitalization. It was reported in May [...]

Tags Jerry Gibson, Kelsey Gibson, Michigan

Conductor makes special delivery boy will never forget

July 23, 2014 CLINTON, Utah – A simple act of kindness is something a 12-year-old boy with an autism spectrum disorder is going to remember for the rest of his life. Matthew Mancil loves trains. “I don’t know how it started, but he just absolutely loves them,” Aaron Mancil, Matthew’s fathe [...]

Tags autism spectrum disorder, conductor, Union Pacific

Officer’s support for veterans catches USA Cares’ eye

June 19, 2014 Member Carlos Wallace is a man with many titles: Union Pacific engineer, general committee secretary (GO 927), local chairperson, delegate, philanthropist and author. He can now add another – official spokesperson of the Texas chapter of USA Cares. The U.S. Navy veteran of Op [...]

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Local chair runs Boston Marathon for cancer research

April 14, 2014 On April 21, Local 1951 Chairperson Michael Doherty will be running in his 11th consecutive Boston Marathon to raise money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. “I was elected as a board member with the Dana-Farber Institute last year as I was recognized for my commitme [...]

Tags Boston Marathon, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Local 1951, Mike Doherty

Local 446 assisting family in fundraising effort

February 13, 2014 Kara Clarke, daughter of member and engineer George Clarke, has been nominated to compete on the U19 United States girls’ soccer team this summer at the 2014 United World Games in Klagenfurt, Austria, Local 446 Chairperson Tyler Thompson reports. Members of the local are assi [...]

Tags Kara Clarke, Local 446, Tyler Thompson