Right now, Jason Tunnell lives in Lynn Haven, FL. Since the Internet is not necessarily a secure environment, it is not possible to ensure that your message sent via the Internet might be kept secure and confidential. Brother Vann was a BNSF conductor with thirteen years of service and was an assistant local chairman of SMART TD Local #1059. SMART-TD National Safety Director requested a NTSB investigation. August 28, 2011 - A Union Pacific Railroad employee from Wakarusa was killed in a collision Sunday afternoon after the cross arms didnt come down at an intersection just east of Abilene. "I think at that point I decided something has to be done about it. McClean was a 32 year CP employee and a member of Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Division 320. Five locomotives and seven rail cars were derailed. Promoted to engineer 1/1/91. The engineer from 5981 North received minor injuries, and the conductor from 9186 South was seriously burned. According to the Cuyahoga County Coroner's office, the victim has been identified as Randolph Vayda, 50, of Elyria. November 6, 2016 -- Brewster, OH - BLET member Larry G. Thomas, a member of Division 292 in Beach City, Ohio, was killed in a yard switching accident on November 6, 2016. At the time, authorities said that was because he was talking on his cell phone. Authorities say Bernard T. Burrows, 58, of Stanton, Del., was on the CSX bridge over the Susquehanna River when he fell at approximately 2:20 p.m. "It's being treated as an occupational fatality," said Sgt. Somehow he ended up beneath the wheels of the second car. Worsham was on the end of a moving locomotive when it hit a parked rail car, he said. Gairo was a Past President of the East Penn Traction Club (EPTC) and current President of the Electric City Trolley Museum Association (ECTMA) having served over 20 years in this capacity. The car impacted an empty boxcar, and its coupler overrode the tank car coupler and punctured the tank. An investigation into the circumstances of this tragic incident are ongoing. June 21, 2018 Little Rock AR An employee of the Little Rock Port Authority Railroad was killed in a collision between a train and semi.