John Bentley

Jan 10, 2025 | ble-t.org | John Bentley

January 19 ceremony to honor UP workers who died in Pecos derailment January 10, 2025 | Fatality, Headlines, UP (Source: News West 9, January 10, 2024)A ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 19 will honor the Union Pacific workers who died in the Dec. 18, 2024 Pecos, Texas train derailment.

Jan 10, 2025 | ble-t.org | John Bentley

(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, January 10, 2025)WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced that it has awarded more than $1.1 billion in Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program funding to 123 rail projects, improving or studying more than 1,000 highway-rail crossings nationwide. This announcement is the largest single investment in grade crossing safety in FRA’s history.

Jan 9, 2025 | ble-t.org | John Bentley

(Source: Trains.com, January 9, 2025)Federal regulators will attempt to close security gaps on the U.S. rail system for exports destined for Mexico and Canada through a new rulemaking by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The proposed rule, posted Wednesday, Jan. 8., would require the electronic transmission of rail export cargo manifest data, including an initial filing 24 hours prior to departure and a final transmission of remaining data at least two hours prior to departure.

Jan 9, 2025 | ble-t.org | John Bentley

2 killed, 3 injured when UP train derails in Pecos, TX, after collision January 9, 2025 | Fatality, Headlines, UP (Source: Associated Press, December 19, 2024) Eddie Hall, national president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen union that represents engineers, said in a statement that the derailment is “a reminder that much more needs to be done to make railroading safer.” The derailment, he said, “should serve as a wake-up call to legislators to improve rail safety.” Full...

Jan 9, 2025 | ble-t.org | John Bentley

(Source: The State, January 6, 2025)The wreck released about 60 tons of chlorine, which formed a toxic cloud that moved over Graniteville, killing nine people who breathed in the hazardous fumes. In addition to the nine deaths, more than 500 people went to the hospital for treatment, some of whom today are still suffering the after effects.