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...
March 30, 2023 | BNSF, Coal, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Wyoming Public Media, March 29, 2023) A state lawmaker is criticizing the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway for what he says is a failure of the railroad to meet contractual terms for coal shipments from the state. This comes as critics claim the...
March 30, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Television station KFYR, March 29, 2023) Several cars from a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train left the tracks Wednesday morning near a grain elevator in Hettinger. Fisher said no one was injured, and there were no hazardous materials on board. Full story:...
March 29, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines, Lawsuit, Oil Train
(Source: Seattle Times, March 27, 2023) BNSF intentionally violated the terms of an easement agreement with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community when the railway company ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil over the reservation, a federal judge ruled Monday. The...
March 29, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 23, 2023) An improperly aligned derail was responsible for the derailment of a BNSF Railway train on the Swinomish Reservation last week, a Federal Railroad Administration representative told a local National Public Radio station. Full...
March 23, 2023 | BNSF, EPA, Headlines, UP
(Source: Editorial in the Los Angeles Times, March 20, 2023) Communities near railyards, ports and other freight corridors have long been hit hard by air pollution from dirty, old locomotives. These massive, track-mounted vehicles, which use a diesel generator to...
March 22, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Seattle Times, March 20, 2023) Without permission from the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, BNSF in 2012 began transporting 100-car trains of highly combustible crude oil through Swinomish land, court documents show. The tribe sued in 2015, alleging BNSF...
March 21, 2023 | BNSF, CP, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave, Teamsters Canada, Unions
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 20, 2023) BNSF Railway Co. and the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers have reached an agreement calling for the union’s members to receive an additional four paid days off to use as sick days and gain the ability to...
March 21, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, March 19, 2023) Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc has stepped up its pace of stock buybacks, repurchasing more than $1.8 billion of its own stock this year. Full story: Yahoo Finance
March 17, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, March 16, 2023) Two BNSF trains derailed in separate incidents in Arizona and Washington state on Thursday, with the latter spilling diesel fuel on tribal land along Puget Sound. There were no injuries reported. Full story: The...
