May 21, 2025 | BNSF, GCA Elections, News, Top News
Jeff Thurman was reelected by acclamation to his fourth term as General Chairman of the BNSF (former SLSF)/MNA General Committee of Adjustment (GCA) at the GCA’s quadrennial meeting on May 14, 2025. The GCA represents 1,150 active and retired members from 15 different...
May 6, 2025 | BNSF, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Trains.com, May 5, 2025) BNSF Railway posted higher profits in the first quarter thanks to a combination of volume growth and pricing gains, corporate parent Berkshire Hathaway announced on Saturday. BNSF’s pre-tax profit increased 5.5% in the quarter, to...
March 7, 2025 | BNSF, News, Railroad Security, Top News
Thieves targeting freight trains have again made national headlines after more than $2 million worth of new Nike sneakers were stolen from trains in California and Arizona. A common method for these modern day train robberies involves cutting air hoses to force trains...
February 28, 2025 | BNSF, Education and Training, News, Top News
Twenty newly-elected Local Chairmen from BNSF General Committees of Adjustment participated in training sessions in February designed to help them become familiar with their duties under the BLET Bylaws. Most of the participants in the training session are taking...
February 26, 2025 | BNSF, Headlines, Mexico, Railroad Security, Train Length, UP
(Source: Associated Press, February 24, 2025) In a Jan. 13 robbery, suspects cut an air brake hose on a BNSF freight train traveling through a remote section of Arizona and made off with more than 1,900 pairs of unreleased Nikes worth more than $440,000, according to...
February 26, 2025 | BNSF, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Trains.com, February 24, 2025) For the year, BNSF’s pre-tax earnings increased 0.5%, to $6.64 billion, while revenue declined 0.5%, to $23.35 billion, the railway’s corporate parent, Berkshire Hathaway, reported on Saturday. BNSF’s net income declined 1.1%,...
December 17, 2024 | Amtrak, BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Trains.com, December 17, 2024) Railroads appear to have the manpower resources they need to handle volume growth as we head into the New Year. Three of the country’s six Class I railroads have more train and engine (T&E) employees than they did a year...
December 16, 2024 | BNSF, Coal, Headlines, UP
(Source: Trains.com, December 16, 2024) Wyoming and Montana filed a federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) decision to end coal-mining leases in the Powder River Basin, which is the main source of coal hauled by BNSF Railway and...
November 21, 2024 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, November 19, 2024) BNSF Railway has reached a major milestone: The completion of the remaining section of double track on its Southern Transcon in Kansas. Only two short pieces of single track are left on the 2,200-mile former Santa Fe main line...
November 5, 2024 | BNSF, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Trains.com, November 4, 2024) BNSF Railway’s profits, revenue, and volume all increased for the third quarter, thanks to surging intermodal and agricultural shipments. BNSF’s parent, Berkshire Hathaway, reported on Saturday that the railroad’s quarterly...
