May 6, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Montana Free Press, May 5, 2022) Brady Wassam knew what to expect when he took a job on the railroad. Wassam, 30, of Columbia Falls, came from a family of railroaders who have spent years moving freight over the mountains of northwest Montana. But Wassam says...
May 4, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, Ports, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 2, 2022) The Port of Long Beach in California last week announced the completion of the Double Track Access project from Pier G to Pier J, which added a second rail line to boost capacity. Full story: Progressive...
May 4, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Television station KBTX, May 3, 2022) SOMERVILLE, Texas — Concerns are mounting over trains blocking crossings in Somerville. For some, It’s an inconvenience but for others, they say it’s a safety hazard. Residents say sometimes multiple crossings near the...
May 3, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Freight Waves, May 2, 2022) BNSF’s first-quarter 2022 net profit rose 10% despite a 3% decline in volumes, the company reported Monday. First-quarter 2022 net income was $1.37 billion, compared with $1.25 billion in the first quarter of 2021. BNSF is a...
May 3, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Minot Daily News, May 3, 2022) MINOT, N.D. — The track at the site of a BNSF derailment between Burlington and Des Lacs was reopened for train traffic at about 2:30 a.m. Monday. Full story: Minot Daily News
May 2, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Television station KCEN, May 1, 2022) WACO, Texas — The spouses of BNSF railroaders protested at the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meetings in Omaha, Nebraska on Saturday. Full story: www.kcentv.com
May 2, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, SMART-TD
(Source: SMART Transportation Division press release, April 30, 2022) OMAHA, Neb. — While Berkshire Hathaway shareholders sat April 30 in comfort and national cable-news networks live-streamed and deified wealth hoarder Warren Buffett and his executive cronies at the...
May 2, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 2, 2022) BURLINGTON, N.D. — Fifteen cars of a BNSF Railway intermodal train derailed early Sunday near Burlington, with some cars catching fire, closing the railroad’s Glasgow Subdivision main line just west of Minot, N.D. Because...
May 2, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: Dallas Morning News, May 1, 2022) SANTA TERESA, N.M. — The Mexican government said it intends to shift long-range plans to build a trade railway connection worth billions of dollars from Texas to New Mexico in the wake of Gov. Greg Abbott’s stepped-up border...
April 27, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, News, NS, PSR, UP
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, April 27 — In San Diego today, members of the BLET’s California State Legislative Board, National President Dennis Pierce, and numerous other special guests rallied by a mobile billboard that is part of the union’s outreach campaign demanding that...
