April 6, 2022 | AFL-CIO, BNSF, News, SMART-TD, TTD, Unions
CLEVELAND, Ohio (April 6) — The nation’s two largest railroad unions continue to gather allies and momentum as they oppose the imposition of precision scheduled railroading (PSR) tactics by Class I carriers that put safety and the health and lives of working people at...
April 5, 2022 | BNSF, News, PSR, SMART-TD
CLEVELAND, Ohio (April 5) — Five Republican U.S. representatives have contacted the BNSF Railway and encouraged its CEO to reengage with its operating unions to alter the highly-restrictive and punitive Hi-Viz attendance policy. In a letter to Brotherhood of...
April 5, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 4, 2022) BNSF Railway Co. President and CEO Katie Farmer last week responded to the National Grain and Feed Association’s letter to the Surface Transportation Board that outlined association members’ concerns about rail service...
April 5, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, April 4, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — BNSF Railway Co. has acquired a 3,508-acre piece of land in the Phoenix region with plans to develop it as its Western hub, according to state records. BNSF purchased the property last week for $49.1 million...
March 31, 2022 | BNSF, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 31 — Brother N. Shane Bragg, a member of BLET Division 578 (Tulsa, Okla.), was elected Chairman of the Oklahoma State Legislative Board during its quadrennial meeting held March 22-24, 2022, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A BNSF Railway locomotive...
March 31, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, NTSB, Remote Control
NTSB publishes preliminary report on February fatality of BNSF worker in Denver (Source: National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report, March 29, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors...
March 30, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Television station 9 News, March 29, 2022) DENVER, Colo. — A BNSF Railway (BNSF) worker who died early last month at the company’s Globeville Yard in Denver fell from the front of a locomotive while switching railroad freight cars, according to a...
March 30, 2022 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Television station KIRO 7, March 29, 2022) SEATTLE, Wash. — A BNSF freight train derailed at the Port of Tacoma on Tuesday afternoon, striking power lines and blocking traffic. Full story: www.kiro7.com
March 29, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 28, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The trade group representing grain producers says severe delays on BNSF Railway, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific have forced its members to shut down flour mills as well as feed mills that produce food...
March 25, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Freight Waves, March 24, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Customers of short line operator Genesee & Wyoming invested $1.5 billion last year in 69 projects that will utilize proximity to G&W’s network. Earlier this month, BNSF said its customers invested...
