Altoona Mirror

Hands-on training: Penn State locomotive’s move to Railroaders Memorial Museum shifts rail program instruction closer to home

Rail Transportation Engineering instructor Bryan Schlake (right) reviews the controls in the cab of Penn State Altoona’s EMD SD60I locomotive with senior Bryson Edwards. Mirror photo by Patrick ...
Brainerd Dispatch

Brainerd native works his way up to locomotive engineer at BNSF

BRAINERD — Hearing that train coming around the corner in Brainerd, it could be a local Brainerd man at the controls as he gets ever closer to accomplishing his goals. Alex Wacker grew up knowing ...
University of Delaware

Opening the rails to future engineers

UD’s $14.5 million federal grant will expand access to live rail training and create a shared data resource Most aspiring rail engineers learn in classrooms, far removed from the massive machines they ...
Nasdaq

CSX Corporation Reaches Tentative Agreement with Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen for New Five-Year Contract

CSX Corporation announced a tentative five-year agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) that will affect approximately 3,400 locomotive engineers. This marks the ...