April 20, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 18, 2023) BNSF Railway and Montana Rail Link have reached a trackage rights agreement that will permit BNSF to operate three of the regional railroad’s branch lines. Full story: Trains Magazine
April 20, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Cowboy State Daily, April 19, 2023) Union Pacific railroad is so short-handed it’s offering a sign-on bonus larger than some annual salaries in Wyoming, ranging between $40,000 to $50,000. The three Wyoming locations eligible for this sign-on bonus are...
April 20, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Freight Waves, April 19, 2023) BNSF is conducting further testing on a piece of fractured rail involved in the March 30 derailment of one of its trains in Raymond, Minnesota. The derailment, which occurred approximately 106 miles northwest of Minneapolis,...
April 6, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Star Tribune, March 29, 2023) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A 41-year-old Sauk Rapids man will serve 18 months in prison for climbing onto a train and assaulting the locomotive engineer with a knife last fall. The engineer told police a man jumped on the train,...
April 6, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: MPR News, April 5, 2023) Trains are running again through Raymond after a derailment caused an evacuation of the community last week. Meanwhile, the National Transportation Safety Board still has a crew on the scene as it investigates the cause of the...
April 5, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, April 3, 2023) Crews could face a difficult cleanup task after a 25-car train derailment spilled powdered clay and cases of beer beside a scenic western Montana river, leaving some cars off the tracks in a narrow, century-old tunnel with...
April 5, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: West Central Tribune, April 3, 2023) Just over two weeks before Thursday’s fiery derailment of 22 BNSF Railway rail cars in Raymond, firefighters from the community participated in a training on how to respond to incidents just like this one. Full story: West...
March 31, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Vox, March 30, 2023) Although train derailments involving hazardous chemicals are relatively rare, the occurrence of the Minnesota derailment so close to the Ohio one has raised questions about train safety and whether new regulations are needed to prevent...
March 31, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: Associated Press, March 30, 2023) Hundreds of people had to evacuate their Minnesota town after a BNSF train hauling ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire early Thursday, but authorities were hopeful that the quick response and cold weather would...
March 30, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: ABC News, March 30, 2023) The incident was reported at around 1 a.m. CT. Multiple tankers of a train operated by BNSF Railway derailed and caught fire on the western edge of Raymond, a town in Minnesota’s southwestern Kandiyohi County that has a...
