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Railroad bridges of the Crooked River

CLEVELAND –- Norfolk Southern owns the Conrail vertical lift railroad bridge, which is near the river’s mouth at Lake Erie, northeast of Willow Bridge. This operational bridge, which fell under a Corps of Engineers bridge-replacement project in the 1940s, replaced an ol [...]

SMART TD member victim of shooting

It wasn’t unusual to see commuter rail conductor Jephthe Chery at work seven days a week as he tried to rise quickly in the company, former colleagues say. Coworkers described Chery — who died after being caught in crossfire early Thanksgiving outside a Fenway Park bar [...]

PLA Support Grows On Capitol Hill

U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez toured the $345 million wharf project at Naval Base Kitsap this week, which is being built primarily with local labor thanks to a Project Labor Agreement (PLA).  After touring the facility, Perez and Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA) met with the h [...]

BNSF may pay for failing to report leaks on time

Railroad has tentatively agreed to pay $71,700 for faililng to timely report leaks of crude oil along the state’s railway system OLYMPIA, Wash. — BNSF Railway has agreed to pay $71,700 for failing to timely report crude oil leaks and other hazardous material spills along the [...]

Decision time in S.D. on huge Bakken pipeline

WILLISTON, S.D. – South Dakota regulators are poised to make a decision this week on the Dakota Access Pipeline while North Dakota officials wait for the company to provide more information. The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission expects to vote Monday on the state’s po [...]

Union-made Thanksgiving shopping list

As you prepare to head to the grocery store to pick up your Thanksgiving dinner ingredients, double check your shopping list to make sure your Turkey Day fixin’s are all union made in America. Appetizers Del Monte Blue Diamond Almonds—BCTGM Kraft/Nabisco crackers—BCTGM [...]

Pause to give thanks to transportation employees

It’s that time of year again. Americans across the country will get ready for the time-honored tradition of gathering with family and friends to give thanks. But first, they will agonize – possibly panic – over how to get where they’re going on the busiest travel day of the y [...]