By Diane Stafford/Kansas City Star
Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, one of about a dozen rail unions, have voted to walk off the job at 12:01 a.m. Friday, but a strike is unlikely.
If precedent is followed, a Presidential Emergency Board is expected to intervene, delaying any walkout for 60 days.
The board, which would be appointed by President Barack Obama, would have 30 days to investigate and recommend a contract settlement, followed by a 30-day cooling-off period.
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