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2001 News Flash Archive
October 2001
Oct 31: Today's Headlines:
Amtrak ridership remains strong
Oct 30: UTU members vote for merger
with BLE
Oct 30: Today's Headlines:
Atomic-waste load won't cross state for a while
Oct 29: AFL-CIO lobbies Senate
for worker relief plan
Oct 29: Today's Headlines:
Massive rail project awaits ok
Oct 26: Memorandum, Consent Order
now on website
Oct 26: Today's Headlines:
Rail projects may get boost
Oct 25: Remind the Senate: Now
is the time for action on S. 697
Oct 25: Today's Headlines:
Kansas City Southern Industries says financial report is encouraging
Oct 24: Today's Headlines:
CN net up 17% on lower operating costs
Oct 23: Today's Headlines:
CP Rail comfortable with full-year earnings estimate
Oct 22: BLE members to vote
again on UTU merger
Oct 22: Today's Headlines:
Bill seeks tighter train security
Oct 19: Today's Headlines: Alliance
to ink deal with CN to save Prairie lines
Oct 18: Today's Headlines:
Senate approves $1.8 billion for Amtrak
Oct 17: Today's Headlines:
Union Pacific rolls forward with a full head of steam
Oct 16: BLE works with U.S.
Army during national crisis
Oct 16: Today's Headlines:
Tellier: Major rail mergers unlikely for two or three more years
Oct 15: BLE gets organizing win
Oct 15: Today's Headlines:
Trains vulnerable to terrorism
Oct 12: Today's Headlines:
Amtrak snubbed in Senate security measure
Oct 11: Today's Headlines: Mineta
proposes hazmat legislation to improve security and safety
Oct 10: Today's Headlines:
Shipping firms more alert
Oct 09: BLE election results
Oct 09: Today's Headlines:
Transport facilities raise security
Oct 08: Today's Headlines:
Amtrak announces additional identification and ticket purchase requirements
Oct 05: BLE, not UTU, has remote
control jurisdiction
Oct 05: Today's Headlines:
Away on Business: Business travelers take to the rails
Oct 04: Coalition resumes S.
697 lobbying
Oct 04: Today's Headlines:
BLE helps south Florida economy get its legs back
Oct 03: Hahs takes reins of
BLE
Oct 03: Today's Headlines:
Lawmakers demand action on transport security
Oct 02: Today's Headlines:
Despite rail's revival, Amtrak faces uncertain future
Oct 01: Today's Headlines:
Canadian Pacific's reorganization completed
September 2001
Sep 28: Hahs new BLE President
Sep 27: Today's Headlines:
Bombardier cuts 3,800 jobs
Sep 26: Today's Headlines:
Opinion: Keep the trains running
Sep 25: Today's Headlines:
Group revives proposal for light rail
Sep 24: BLE International
Division convention to begin today
Sep 24: Today's Headlines:
Wisconsin Central Moves Five Millionth Carload
Sep 21: Today's Headlines:
Amtrak seeks $3 billion for security
Sep 20: Today's Headlines:
Feds vow to boost airline, Amtrak security
Sep 19: UTU attacks BLE on KCS after
judge impounds merger ballots
Sep 19: Today's Headlines:
Red Cross seeks logistics aid in New York
Sep 18: Today's Headlines: U.S.
package delivery, railroad stocks fall
Sep 17: Judge impounds
merger ballots
Sep 17: Judge to rule by 5
p.m. today on BLE-UTU merger vote count
Sep 17: Today's Headlines:
STB commends the rail industry for efforts tollowing terrorist attacks
Sep 14: Rail Labor suspends
S. 697 lobbying efforts
Sep 14: Today's Headlines:
Armed groups caught boarding NY flights; U.S. readies for war
Sep 13: In spite of atrocity,
BLE convention will proceed as scheduled
Sep 13: Merger voting deadline
extended because of national tragedy
Sep 13: Today's Headlines:
Amtrak train collides with freight train
Sep 12: Today's Headlines:
Businesses in U.S., overseas try to regroup
Sep 11: Today's Headlines:
CSX: Trying to do the right thing?
Sep 11: Announcement of merger
vote count delayed until after Monday TRO hearing
Sep 10: Today's Headlines: STB
approves CN-WC merger
Sep 07: Today's Headlines:
Explosion follows Texas train crash
Sep 06: Court dismisses case
to derail BLE-UTU merger vote
Sep 06: Today's Headlines:
Audit: Missouri should do more to ensure safety at railway crossings
Sep 05: Suit filed to void UTU-BLE
merger vote
Sep 05: Today's Headlines:
CSX pays businesses over derailment
Sep 04: Town Hall Meetings
as of September 4
Sep 04: Today's Headlines:
Man charged in Kan. train derailment
August 2001
Aug 31: Today's Headlines: Chemical
train derails in Kansas
Aug 30: Statement in opposition to
BLE, UTU merger is available
Aug 30: Today's Headlines:
Freight train derails in Kansas
Aug 29: Town Hall Meetings
as of August 29
Aug 29: Today' Headlines:
CP Rail attempts to educate shareholders before parent company splinters
Aug 28: Town Hall Meetings
as of August 28
Aug 28: Today's Headlines:
Consultant contract advances maglev
Aug 27: Town Hall Meetings
as of August 27
Aug 27: Today's Headlines:
Union Pacific line impacts residential neighborhood
Aug 24: Today's Headlines:
NS wants $6 million for historic site
Aug 23: Today's Headlines:
State faults Amtrak for neglect of tunnels
Aug 22: Today's Headlines:
High-speed train disappoints Amtrak
Aug 21: Today's Headlines:
Two freight trains collide in Illinois
Aug 20: Town Hall Meetings
as of August 20
Aug 20: Today's Headlines:
Portland to bill railroad for cost of fighting wildfire
Aug 17: Legislation introduced
to protect workers from scabs
Aug 17: Today's Headlines:
BNSF, NS offer coast-to-coast trailer service
Aug 16: Canadian merger
ballot update
Aug 16: Today's Headlines:
STB won't modify environmental review of BNSF bid for Idaho refueling depot
Aug 15: Fatigue bill reintroduced
Aug 15: Town Hall Meetings
as of August 15
Aug 15: Today's Headlines:
Rail retirement bill moves ahead
Aug 14: Updated list of
Town Hall Meetings
Aug 14: Today's Headlines:
Train crews sweat out heat wave
Aug 13: Spouses hot over cab
temperatures
Aug 13: Today's Headlines:
With railroad mergers, a rougher ride
Aug 10: Updated list of
Town Hall Meetings
Aug 10: Today's Headlines:
BLE member wins the first 'ASLRRA Safety Person of the Year'
Aug 09: Additional merger information
forthcoming for BLE members
Aug 09: BLE conducts informational
seminars on proposed merger
Aug 09: Today's Headlines:
CN expects WC approval
Aug 08: Today's Headlines:
NTSB to examine water records
Aug 07: Today's Headlines:
BTS indicators report shows decline in rail accidents
Aug 06: Today's Headlines:
Rutter confirmed to head FRA
Aug 04: Merger information
web page now online
Aug 03: BLE scores Indiana
& Ohio organizing victory
Aug 03: Today's Headlines:
Rail returns to normal use
Aug 02: Today's Headlines:
Railroad Retirement bill overwhelmingly approved by U.S. House
Aug 01: On to the Senate!
Aug 01: Today's Headlines: House
OKs rail retirement overhaul
July 2001
Jul 31: URGENT: H.R.
1140 put in the siding again
Jul 31: Advisory Board
backs Dubroski decision on merger
Jul 31: Today's Headlines:
CN rides high despite slowdown
Jul 30: H.R. 1140 scheduled
for vote today
Jul 30: Today's Headlines:
Ten treated after Amtrak derailment in Missouri
Jul 27: Today's Headlines:
CSX doubles earnings
Jul 26: H.R. 1140 back on track
Jul 26: Today's Headlines: Amtrak
loss $21m more than projected
Jul 25: H.R. 1140 is under
attack! Urgent action needed!
Jul 25: Get out the vote on
H.R. 1140!
Jul 25: Today's Headlines:
Amtrak's financial situation focus of Congressional hearing
Jul 24: Today's Headlines:
CN turns in 'solid performance' in second quarter
Jul 23: BLE, UTU to send
merger proposal to membership
Jul 23: Members urged to contact
Representatives on H.R. 1140
Jul 23: S. 697 up to 72 cosponsors
Jul 23: Today's Headlines:
One car remains in Baltimore tunnel
Jul 20: Today's Headlines:
BNSF may have violated law
Jul 19: Today's Headlines:
Baltimore besieged by effects of derailed train
Jul 18: Today's Headlines:
U.P. alters fatigue rules, says it won't impact safety
Jul 17: Today's Headlines:
High speed rail could cost $70 billion
Jul 16: Today's Headlines:
CSXT safety doubts linger
Jul 13: Today's Headlines:
Fire in train car fouls air in Roanoke
Jul 12: Today's Headlines:
CSX sees higher Q2 earnings; cuts dividend
Jul 11: Today's Headlines:
Canada okays CN merger with Wisconsin Central
Jul 10: Today's Headlines: Surge
in urban train traffic brings more deadly accidents
Jul 09: Today's Headlines:
Building evacuated after CSX train derails
Jul 06: Today's Headlines:
Amtrak looks for more revenue
Jul 05: Today's Headlines:
Rail drug trafficking becomes a concern
Jul 03: Today's Headlines:
Railroad chief answers workers' questions
Jul 02: S. 697 up to 71 cosponsors;
H.R. 1140 up to 369
Jul 02: Today's Headlines:
CSX Transportation plans major southeastern track project
June 2001
Jun 29: Today's Headlines:
Railroad CEOs vow to boost service, no merger plans
Jun 28: Today's Headlines:
House offers bill for Amtrak bond authority
Jun 27: Today's Headlines:
Chamber of Commerce campaign fights transportation construction delays
Jun 26: Today's Headlines:
UP project displaces four small businesses
Jun 25: Today's Headlines:
U.P., other railroads to haul 200 tons of nuclear waste
Jun 22: Today's Headlines:
UP faces two suits over negligence
Jun 21: S. 697 up to 69
cosponsors; now is veto-proof
Jun 21: Today's Headlines:
New Jersey Transit train derails; 27 people aboard are slighty hurt
Jun 20: Today's Headlines:
46 new L.I.R.R. locomotives must go back for repairs
Jun 19: Today's Headlines:
CSX train carrying juice derails north of Ocala
Jun 18: H.R. 1140 has 367
co-sponsors; S. 697 has 66
Jun 18: EUMA scholarship deadline
extended to June 30
Jun 18: Today's Headlines: CSX
train derails in Ohio
Jun 15: Today's Headlines:
1,000 NS workers to face temporary layoffs
Jun 14: Today's Headlines: Rail
safety board stresses fog peril
Jun 13: Today's Headlines:
Train engineers plead for action on fatigue
Jun 12: Today's Headlines:
New rules scuttle ban on rail deals
Jun 12: BLE Advisory Board
reconsiders resolution that ended unification talks with UTU
Jun 11: Today's Headlines:
State high court takes BNSF case
Jun 08: Today's Headlines:
Lawmakers renew push for gene discrimination bill
Jun 07: Today's Headlines:
Amtrak confident about reaching operational self-sufficiency
Jun 06: Today's Headlines:
Amtrak wants to mortgage Penn Station
Jun 05: Today's Headlines:
Opinion: STB off track in NS shop case
Jun 04: Today's Headlines:
High-speed rail raises concerns
Jun 01: Today's Headlines:
BMWE members ratify national agreement
May 2001
May 31: BLE announces formation
of its Retired Members Association
May 31: Jeffords' Senate switch
could boost S. 697
May 31: Today's Headlines:
Railroad workers still sick, bitter
May 30: Today's Headlines:
Missouri Supreme Court reduces damages in accident at rail crossing
May 29: Today's Headlines:
CN, CSX reach intermodal agreement
May 25: Today's Headlines:
Amtrak: Rail system can't meet goals
May 24: Today's Headlines:
13 freight cars derail in North Toledo
May 23: Today's Headlines:
CPR to handle more containers
May 22: Today's Headlines:
Bills to repeal diesel-fuel tax gain momentum
May 21: Runaway train a warning
to employees, management
May 21: Today's Headlines:
House panel backs railroad pension change
May 18: Today's Headlines:
BLE member among Tucson heroes recognized
May 17: Today's Headlines:
Courier-Journal concludes rail worker series
May 16: Rail labor praises
House committee action on H.R. 1140
May 16: Today's Headlines:
Disaster avoided as CSX halts runaway train in Ohio
May 15: Today's Headlines:
Doctors link rail worker brain damage to solvents, exposure
May 14: Today's Headlines:
Railroaders suffer brain damage from exposure to toxic solvents
May 11: Today's Headlines:
Mineta says Amtrak books 'don't look good'
May 10: Today's Headlines:
STB accepts CN-WC rail merger application
May 09: Mark-up expected today
for H.R. 1140, H.R. 1020
May 09: Today's Headlines:
Intermodal slows April railroad volume
May 08: BLE celebrates 138th
anniversary today
May 08: BLE, UTU, BNSF name members
of Executive Safety Committee
May 08: Today's Headlines:
Overnite submits its final offer
May 07: Today's Headlines: Broken
rail caused 41-car derailment near Hinton last month
May 04: West Coast Local Chairman
Workshop set for July 15-20
May 04: Today's Headlines: STB
systems hacked again
May 03: BLE compiles "target
list" of non-cosponsors
May 03: A.R. "Rudy"
Bilka wins Hammond Safety Award
May 03: EUMA scholarship deadline
is June 15
May 03: Today's Headlines:
Amtrak: A great train robbery?
May 02: Today's Headlines:
STB website knocked offline
May 01: FRA issues Safety Advisory
May 01: Today's Headlines:
House panel rebukes FRA for slow pace on rail infrastructure loans
April 2001
Apr 30: BLE, UTU, BNSF
agree to create Executive Safety Committee to address issues
Apr 30: H.R. 1140 up to
330 co-sponsors
Apr 30: Today's Headlines: STB's
decision approving CSX-NS-Conrail merger affirmed by Court of Appeals
Apr 27: Today's Headlines:
MARC keeps Brunswick line shut
Apr 26: Today's Headlines:
Broken rail blamed for Nebraska derailment
Apr 25: H.R. 1140 now
has 317 co-sponsors; S. 697 has 45
Apr 25: BLE supports rail infrastructure
bill
Apr 25: Today's Headlines:
Freight train derails in D.C.
Apr 24: Today's Headlines:
U.P. derailment scatters cars like toys
Apr 23: Today's Headlines:
Delta, pilots union reach deal
Apr 20: Today's Headlines:
$35 lock could have thwarted Via derailment
Apr 19: Today's Headlines: BNSF
settles EEOC lawsuit
Apr 18: Today's Headlines:
CN looks to become leading innovator
Apr 17: BLE helps secure pension
improvements for CN workers
Apr 17: Today's Headlines:
CN-WC merger will cause 252 job losses
Apr 16: Today's Headlines:
Youth charged in Via Rail crash
Apr 12: Today's Headlines:
Amtrak office lets DEA track rider data
Apr 11: Today's Headlines:
Railroad employees want testing ban
Apr 10: Genetic testing
derailed at BNSF
Apr 10: Today's Headlines:
Genetic tests to be topic of meeting
Apr 09: Bill to outlaw union shop
agreements introduced in House
Apr 09: BLE, UTU safety summit
with BNSF set for April 30 in Kansas City
Apr 09: Today's Headlines:
BNSF settles lawsuit
Apr 06: Today's Headlines:
CN reaffirms commitment to safe rail operations
Apr 05: Companion to H.R.
1140 introduced in Senate
Apr 05: Today's Headlines:
BLE members dispute NTSB ruling in in fatal Conrail collision
Apr 04: H.R. 1140 now
has 256 co-sponsors
Apr 04: Today's Headlines: Engineers'
distress call of 'Stop your train' saved lives, but the two heroes lost
theirs
Apr 03: H.R. 1140 now
has 243 co-sponsors
Apr 03: Today's Headlines:
CN keeps on track despite stock slowdown
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