Legal Opinion
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees v. Burlington Northern Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 16, 1994No. 18-3126PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Steep curves must be lubricated for trains to run properly. Members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees (BMWE) performed this work for the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, now part of the Burlington Northern Railroad (BN). In February 1987 the BN began using an automated lubrication system on a stretch of track between Springfield, Missouri, and Hoxie, Arkansas. A track inspection vehicle, already used for other purposes, was outfitted to dispense grease at the flip of a switch. Because a supervisor, who does not belong to the BMWE, operates this…
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