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Previsich elevated to SMART TD president

September 30, 2013 John Previsich has been elevated to the office of president of the Transportation Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers following the official retirement of former President Mike Futhey, effective Oct. 1. UTUIA John Pre [...]

After a 42-year career, God’s blessings be upon you

September 30, 2013 By Mike Futhey, SMART Transportation Division President – After a rewarding career of working a combination of 42 years on the railroad and as a union representative, my wife, April, and I look forward to a productive post retirement in Memphis, Tenn. The career journey beg [...]

33 injured after CTA trains collide

September 30, 2013 More than 30 people were injured Sept. 30 morning after two trains running on the Chicago Transit Authority’s Blue Line tracks collided, CTA officials confirmed. The accident happened just before 8 a.m. at Harlem Avenue and Interstate 290 in Forest Park, a northwest suburb th [...]

RRB unemployment, sickness benefits to increase

September 30, 2013 Beginning Oct. 1, 2013, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will reduce railroad unemployment and sickness insurance benefits by 7.2 percent due to federal budget cuts first implemented in March 2013. The original reduction had been 9.2 percent since March. The adjusted [...]

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Railroads seek extension for installing PTC

September 30, 2013 WASHINGTON – Spurred by a deadly train crash in Los Angeles, Congress in 2008 passed with great fanfare legislation requiring the nation’s railroads to install a sophisticated collision-avoidance system by the end of 2015. Five years later, an industry move to extend th [...]

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Crews from BNSF collision upgraded to non-critical

September 30, 2013 Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board have gone to Amarillo to investigate the cause of Sept. 25’s BNSF train collision. The condition of the two BNSF employees that were originally reported to have suffered critical injuries in the crash have bee [...]

Senators want probe into Metro-North power failure

September 30, 2013 NEW YORK – Federal and state authorities should investigate the utility and transportation authority responsible for running the nation’s second-busiest railroad following a power failure that has disrupted service for tens of thousands of commuters in New York and Conn [...]

Power failure on aged tracks shows rail frailty

September 30, 2013 What’s shaping up as a weeks-long service interruption on the Metro-North Railroad near New York shows how dependent the busiest U.S. passenger-rail corridor is on electric power and how easily a breakdown in single component can paralyze U.S. infrastructure. “The demand for [...]

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Members rally in support of Indiana Amtrak lines

September 27, 2013 INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. (WLFI) – In less than three weeks, Amtrak’s Hoosier State Line will stop operating. That is unless Indiana spends millions of dollars to keep it from getting derailed. Dozens of supporters of the Hoosier State Line gathered Thursday afternoon at [...]

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FAA to ease back on electronics use

September 27, 2013 An FAA advisory committee decided Thursday that passengers should be allowed to use electronic devices during takeoffs and landings on airplanes. WASHINGTON — A Federal Aviation Administration advisory committee recommended Thursday that airline passengers be allowed to use s [...]

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