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From: johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine)
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Re: Train crash related to B&M strike?
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Date: Fri, 16-May-86 20:21:27 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 16 20:21:27 1986
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According to that source of all truth, the Boston Globe, the Framingham
crash appears unrelated to the strike.  The strike isn't against the B&M,
it's against the Maine Central which happens to be owned by the same outfit
that owns the B&M, Guilford Industries.  The only reason the B&M trains in
Boston are affected is that they are dispatched from the same yard in
Billerica where MEC trains are dispatched.

The crash occured on the Conrail Boston and Albany line, which is dispatched
quite separately from the B&M and is not on strike.  Both trains involved in 
the crash were manned by regular union crews.  Let's not leap to conclusions.

Any word on whether the MEC strikers are still picketing the CP in Maine?
I know they had to give up picketing Conrail but haven't heard about the CP.
-- 
John R. Levine, Javelin Software Corp., Cambridge MA +1 617 494 1400
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