<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284911</id><updated>2009-03-01T23:57:11.572-08:00</updated><title type='text'>BLET UPSR Houston</title><subtitle type='html'>BLET Southern Region has provided this Houston Hub News Page to allow the Local Chairman and Division Officers to post information pertinent to this geographic area.  Please check the page regularly to keep abreast of changes in your area.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://houstonhub.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7284911/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://houstonhub.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>BLETSR</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17679599200592527094</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284911.post-109038480254149755</id><published>2004-07-20T21:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-07-20T21:40:02.540-07:00</updated><title type='text'>NEW EXTRA BOARD ESTABLISHED AT LUFKIN TEXAS BY AGREEMENT</title><content type='html'>&lt;html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"&gt; 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This new job will provide more jobs for that area and eliminate the need to deadhead engineers from &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Houston&lt;/st1:City&gt; to &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Lufkin&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; to protect extra service in that area.&amp;nbsp; You can view a PDF version of the signed agreement by clicking &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=red face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bleupsrgca.com/files/lufkinExtraBdAgr.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color=red&gt;&lt;span style='color:red'&gt;HERE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=2 face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/body&gt;  &lt;/html&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7284911-109038480254149755?l=houstonhub.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://houstonhub.blogspot.com/feeds/109038480254149755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7284911&amp;postID=109038480254149755' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7284911/posts/default/109038480254149755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7284911/posts/default/109038480254149755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://houstonhub.blogspot.com/2004/07/new-extra-board-established-at-lufkin.html' title='NEW EXTRA BOARD ESTABLISHED AT LUFKIN TEXAS BY AGREEMENT'/><author><name>BLETSR</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17679599200592527094</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13033347705169435533'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284911.post-108879676675020188</id><published>2004-07-02T12:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-07-02T12:34:38.290-07:00</updated><title type='text'>INCREASED TESTING ZONE 4 HOUSTON HUB</title><content type='html'>Management is on the prowl and will be testing a lot due to the SA incident. They have already stop tested 3 engineers around Kingsville in the last couple days that we know of.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, I spoke to management about the application of rule 6.21 and thier position is that a reasonable effort should be made to increase speed between bridges and culverts(easy to say,not so easy to do)so CYA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7284911-108879676675020188?l=houstonhub.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://houstonhub.blogspot.com/feeds/108879676675020188/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7284911&amp;postID=108879676675020188' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7284911/posts/default/108879676675020188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7284911/posts/default/108879676675020188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://houstonhub.blogspot.com/2004/07/increased-testing-zone-4-houston-hub.html' title='INCREASED TESTING ZONE 4 HOUSTON HUB'/><author><name>BLETSR</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17679599200592527094</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13033347705169435533'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284911.post-108817443223614797</id><published>2004-06-25T07:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-06-25T07:40:32.236-07:00</updated><title type='text'>This is a TEST for DC</title><content type='html'>&lt;html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"&gt; 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