Category: Amtrak
Calif. tour bus crash kills 13, dozens injured
CNN reports that a tour bus operated by USA Holiday slammed into the back of a tractor trailer, killing 13 and injuring 31 more. The bus was returning to Los Angeles from a casino Sunday when the crash occurred at approximately 5:15 a.m. The bus operator was killed and the tr [...]
U.S. Senators call on DOT to investigate NJT
In light of the deadly NJT September 29th transit crash in Hoboken, NJ, that killed one person and injured more than 100, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, the top-ranking Democrat on the U.S. Senate subcommittee that oversees passenger rail safety, and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, the [...]Hearings begin in wake of deadly NJT crash
The Times-Herald RecordOnline reported that on October 21, 2016, a joint state and federal legislative commission will begin hearings with New Jersey Transit (NJT) administrators in the wake of the September 29 Hoboken, NJ transit crash that injured more than one hundred and [...]
SMART leads coalition to stop CSX from removing MI track signals
On Friday, October 14, 2016, SMART Union united with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division (BMWED) and the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS), in a joint statement to the Federal Railroad Adminis [...]
RRB: credit for military service under the Railroad Retirement Act
Many railroad employees have at some time served in the Armed Forces of the United States. Under certain conditions, their military service may be credited as rail service under the Railroad Retirement Act. The following questions and answers provide information on how milita [...]Transportation Division sets 2017 regional meetings
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