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PSU alumnus creates scholarship for rail program

November 11, 2014 A Penn State alumnus has created a scholarship that will support students enrolled in the college’s rail transportation engineering (RTE) program, a groundbreaking academic initiative designed to prepare students for placement and career advancement within the rail indu [...]

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Looking for a good career? Look to railroads

November 11, 2014 By year-end 2014, U.S. Class I railroads will have hired 45,000 employees since 2012, including an estimated 9,900 military veterans. Some 17,000 will have been hired this year, far exceeding the projected industry target of 12,000, according to the Association of American Ra [...]

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Win A Dream Wyoming Antelope Hunt for Two!

November 5, 2014 The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance and Remington are teaming up to send one lucky USA member and a guest on a dream 2015 Wyoming antelope hunt at The Ranch at Ucross, armed with a brand-new Remington Model 700 CDL SF in 7mm Mag! The prize package, valued at approximately $7,000 [...]

Auxiliary Bluebonnets Lodge 331 to hold 5k run

October 30, 2014 The Auxiliary of the UTU Bluebonnets Lodge 331 is holding a 5k run fundraiser. All ages are welcome to run in the race and medals and trophies will be awarded to the first place male and female in each age division and for the overall top male and female. Registration is open [...]

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Ill. AFL-CIO approves two-person crew resolution

October 30, 2014 The Illinois AFL-CIO has unanimously approved a resolution supporting SMART Transportation Division’s call for federal legislation mandating at least two crew members on all freight trains. The endorsement came at the organization’s 41st annual Constitutional Convention in Ro [...]

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BNSF ordered to pay $12K to disciplined worker

October 30, 2014 KANSAS CITY, Mo. – BNSF Railway Co. has been found in violation of the Federal Railroad Safety Act* by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA’s investigation upheld allegations that the company disciplined an employee as [...]

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RCP&E moving a record number of cars

October 30, 2014 An executive for the Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad said the start-up RCP&E is getting steadily better at moving grain this harvest – good news for farmers dealing with record wheat crops, good corn yields and some record sunflower yields. “There is a tremendou [...]

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Canadian rails fight new rules to prevent crew fatigue

October 29, 2014 Canada’s major freight rail companies are fighting moves by the federal transportation regulator to curb “extreme fatigue” among railway engineers, a CBC News investigation has found. CN Rail, CP and the Railway Association of Canada went on the attack two weeks ago at a “ten [...]

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NTSB cites sleep apnea in 2013 Metro-North crash

October 29, 2014 The National Transportation Safety Board said Oct. 28 that the December 2013 Metro-North train derailment that killed four and injured 61 occurred when the train engineer had fallen asleep. The train rounded a curve at 82 mph, well above the 30-mph speed restriction. The NTSB [...]

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Destination America renews ‘Railroad Alaska’

October 24, 2014 Destination America is returning to Alaska. The Discovery owned cable network has renewed Railroad Alaska for a second season, which is set to premiere on Saturday, Oct. 25, at 9/8c, TVWise has learned. Railroad Alaska follows an elite crew who live along Alask’a critical rai [...]

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