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Mike A.
Wilcox Wilcox went to work for the BNSF Railway in the spring of 1998 in Winslow, Ariz. A member of UTU Local 113 at Winslow, he was a hard-working employee and a devoted family man. He is survived by his wife, Tina, and three children. He was active in the local youth programs of Winslow as a coach and volunteer and was an avid outdoors man who loved to hunt and fish. Wilcox died in an accident in Holbrook, Ariz,. on the night of Feb. 7, 2009, after being struck by a passing train. |
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Gregory
Blevins Gregory “Greg” Blevins, 56, of Clovis, N.M, was fatally injured in a train accident on Feb. 28, 2009. He was president of UTU Local 1168 in Clovis. Blevins was preceded in death by his mother and father and is survived by his son, Bryan, his daughter, Janay, two sisters and four grandchildren. He was a man that gave of himself in service to others. He worked for the BNSF Railway for 35 years and had served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era. He had an ability to brighten your day and put a smile on your face. He was always very proud of his children and grandchildren and never tired of speaking about their accomplishments. His family and friends miss his infectious laughter. |
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Lenard E.
Noice Lenard “ Lenny “ Eugene Noice, 59, of Albuquerque, N.M., died Jan. 16, 2009, as a result of a train accident. Noice, a locomotive engineer and a member of UTU Local 1168 at Clovis, N.M., worked for the BNSF Railway railroad for 35 years. He is survived by his wife, Carla, son, Lenny Noice II, twin brother, Kenny, sister, Julie, and his parents Juliana and Harold. He had served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam era. Noice was a man of many talents. He loved to fly-fish and work with a wide variety of electronics. He will forever be missed by his family and friends. |
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Craig Lang Union Pacific switchman Craig Lang, 41, a member of Local 367 in Omaha, Neb., was killed about 6 a.m. on Jan. 28 at a UP yard in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Investigators said Lang stepped off a train on which he was riding and was struck by a coal train going in the opposite direction. |
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Saxton Haselwood Saxton Haselwood, a member of Local 1227 in Wichita, Kan., was killed early the morning of Sunday, Feb. 8, at Union Pacific's Herrington Yard outside Herrington, Kan. Haselwood, unmarried, was 26 and has been railroading just two years. |
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Jared Boehlke Jared Boehlke, age 33, died May 10, 2009, of injuries sustained while working for CSX in the Selkirk, N.Y., yard. He was a member of Local 212 in Albany, N.Y. He is survived by his wife, three year-old-daughter, mother, father and ten brothers. He is predeceased by a brother. Also surviving are his maternal and paternal grandmothers. He was a man of strong faith, an avid knife maker, and was extremely devoted to his family and friends. He will always be missed but never forgotten. |
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Dustin Moles UTU member Dustin Moles, 33, a conductor on short line Alabama & Tennessee River Railroad, was killed late Wednesday (June 24) when the train on which he was riding derailed while being switched into a shipper facility, reports the Gadsden Times. Moles was a member of Local 1972, Birmingham, Ala. He started working as a conductor in 2005. Before that, he was a police officer at Glencoe Police Department. An assistant fire chief in Albertville said the police department got the call about 11 p.m. that a train had derailed and the conductor was missing. By the time police and fire officials arrived, Moles was discovered, crushed between the derailed tanker car and a pile of scrap metal, according to the assistant fire chief. |