(Source: Star Tribune, February 20, 2014)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Federal rail inspectors have cited BNSF Railway Co. in North Dakota for 721 track violations, finding problems serious enough to threaten fines in one out of every five inspections since 2006, according to federal data released Wednesday.
Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Szabo said in a letter to a North Dakota senator that federal officials conducted 3,822 inspections during the period and found 13,141 defects, the vast majority of which were addressed without fines. However, in 721 instances, or 19 percent of the inspections, officials determined that BNSF violated railroad regulations.
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