March 24, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, SMART-TD
(Source: Associated Press, March 23, 2022) OMAHA, Neb. — BNSF’s two largest unions will ask an arbitrator to throw out the railroad’s strict new attendance policy instead of appealing a court order preventing them from striking. Full story:...
March 23, 2022 | BNSF, News
CLEVELAND, Ohio (March 23) — After thoroughly examining all possible avenues to best continue the Unions’ fight against the BNSF Hi-Viz attendance policy, BLET and SMART TD announced today that they will proceed as expeditiously as possible to arbitration over the...
March 23, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Cook County Record, March 22, 2022) CHICAGO — The town of Cicero, Illinois, can’t derail a lawsuit brought by BNSF, one of the country’s largest railroads, accusing Cicero of illegally attempting to tax and interfere with rail service, when the town attempted...
March 21, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Cook County Record, March 18, 2022) CHICAGO — A federal judge once again put the brakes on BNSF’s efforts to derail a biometrics class action by invoking the Railroad Safety Act and other federal laws. Full story: Cook County Record
March 17, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Arkansas Democrat Gazette, March 17, 2022) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Partners J.B. Hunt and BNSF Railway Co. on Wednesday said they plan to add thousands of shipping containers and improve rail equipment at key facilities to address capacity issues in the...
March 15, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR
(Source: The Guardian, March 14, 2022) LONDON — One locomotive engineer in BNSF’s Great Plains Region claimed they had to push back a medical procedure for a chronic illness to the summer, when they have vacation time off scheduled, as they would have used nearly all...
March 10, 2022 | AFL-CIO, BNSF, Headlines, SMART-TD, TTD
(Source: Associated Press, March 8, 2022) OMAHA, Neb. — The unions that represent roughly half of BNSF’s workers continue to fight against the railroad’s new attendance rules that they say penalizes them for missing work for any reason even though a judge...
March 9, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 3, 2022) FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF’s financial report suggests the railroad paid MRL around $2 billion to tear up the lease well before it was scheduled to expire in 2047. That’s right in line with independent analyst Anthony B. Hatch’s...
March 8, 2022 | BNSF, CN, CP, CSX, Headlines, KCS, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: NBC News, March 7, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Accountable.US, a nonprofit group that examines corporations and special interests, said the seven major railways, which dominate an industry that carries about 40 percent of U.S. freight, collected a record $1.18...
March 8, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Freight Waves, February 28, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — BNSF’s fourth-quarter 2021 net profit rose 13% amid an 11% gain in revenues, the western U.S. railroad reported. Total revenues rose 11% in the fourth quarter to $6.3 billion. Net income was $1.7 billion...
