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After a forty year delay, SMART TD member completes 3,000 mile bicycle trek

August 7, 2017 BostonGlobe.com reported that John Sweeney, longtime Amtrak conductor and SMART TD Local 1462 member from Boston, Mass., successfully completed a 3,000 mile, coast-to-coast bicycle trek that he was suppose to embark on 41 years ago, and never did. Read the complete story here [...]

Tags Amtrak, Amtrak Boston, Amtrak conductor, cycling cross country

Tiffany Newman, SM Pioneer Profiled In Industry Magazine

July 7, 2017 Tiffany Newman, a 37 year old mother of three and member of Local 276 is profiled in Roofing BC Magazine. Not only has she fulfilled the role as a pioneer in the roofing industry but she has given back to her local community as well by serving as a member of the Shawligan La [...]

True grit: trailblazer Edwina Justus, UP’s first black woman train engineer

June 6, 2017 In a June 1, 2017 article written by Rosemary Eng for North Star News Today, Edwina Justus offers a personal account of what it was like for a black woman to begin work on the American railroad during the 1970’s, when the railroad industry, like most industries in Ameri [...]

Tags Black women in rail industry, Edwina Justus, Rosemary Eng, Women in Rail, Women railroad trailblazers

FEMA appoints SMART TD’s Hayes as rail labor rep

May 22, 2017 Yvonne Hayes, chairperson of Local 1138 in Miami, Florida, and an assistant general chairperson (GO‐851), was recently selected to serve as a member of the FEMA National Advisory Council (NAC) Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, Operational Needs and Safety Evaluation ( [...]

Tags FEMA, rail hazmat safety, SMART TD member appointed to FEMA subcommittee, Yvonne Hayes

Arizona Member Wins Ultimate Elk Hunt

April 25, 2017 Lindsay Lanning of Glendale, Arizona, was selected as the grand prize winner of the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) and Carhartt Ultimate Elk Hunt Sweepstakes, winning a guided five-day elk hunt in the Gila National Forest in New Mexico, valued at approximately $22,000. Lann [...]

Georgia SLD Campbell runs for state Senate

April 3, 2017 SMART TD Georgia State Legislative Director Matt Campbell is currently running for Georgia’s State Senate, District 32. Campbell is up against seven other candidates. A special election will be held April 18. Campbell has been endorsed by SMART TD, AFL-CIO, IBEW, CWA, T [...]

Tags Georgia, Georgia State Legislative Director Matt Campbell, Georgia State Senate, Matt Campbell, SLD, State Legislative Director

GC Beebe reaches 60-year membership milestone

January 23, 2015 To be described as a “classic” means that one is considered to be of the highest quality with lasting value; an authoritative standard; fashionable, with simplicity and restraint in style; one of a kind. Like the classic ‘57 Chevy or the fashionable Elvis Presley, SMART Gener [...]

Tags Bill Beebe

TD officer, vice general chairperson elevated

January 23, 2015 A SMART Transportation Division officer and a general chairperson have been elevated to new Transportation Division positions following the retirement of Alternate Vice President R.W. “Red” Dare Nov. 30. The Transportation Division Board of Directors Dec. 19 elevated Executiv [...]

Tags Jeremy Don Brooks, John D. Whitaker III, R.W. "Red" Dare, Transportation Division officers

Our life at work: Jerry Anderton

January 3, 2015 Thirty years with men operating trains and yard engines. For the past 30 years I have been closely involved with men who operate trains and yard engines in Tennessee and neighboring states. The main portion of my service to the Norfolk-Southern was in Debutts Yard in Chattano [...]

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