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...
March 8, 2022 | BNSF, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 2, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — BNSF Railway has urged federal regulators to take steps to protect cross-border traffic to and from Mexico as part of any approval of the proposed Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger. Full story:...
March 7, 2022 | BNSF, CN, CP-KCS Merger, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 3, 2022) BNSF Railway Co., CN, CSX, Norfolk Southern Railway and Union Pacific Railroad on Monday filed their “comments and request for conditions” with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) on the proposed merger...
March 7, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Suburban Chicagoland, March 4, 2022) CHICAGO — U.S. Representative Marie Newman (IL-03) on Friday March 4, 2022 led Congress members Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) in a letter urging BNSF Railway Company...
March 7, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Trains Magazine, February 27, 2022) OMAHA, Neb. — BNSF Railway produced record profits in 2021 amid broad growth in traffic and revenue. For the year, BNSF’s operating income surged 13.7%, to $8.8 billion, as revenue rose 11.6%, to $22.5 billion, the...
February 22, 2022 | BNSF, News
The following is a joint statement from Dennis Pierce, National President, BLET and Jeremy Ferguson, President, SMART Transportation Division: Today the judge considering the case between BNSF and the SMART-TD and BLET unions over the carrier’s new “Hi-Viz”...
February 22, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines
(Source: First Coast News, February 21, 2022) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The family of an elderly Glynn County couple killed in a train crash last year during their 50th wedding anniversary filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against both Amtrak and BNSF for wrongful death and...
February 18, 2022 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, February 17, 2022) FRAZEE, Minn. — Clean-up is under way after a BNSF train derailed and hit a second train on an adjacent track Thursday morning near Frazee. Full story: Trains Magazine
February 14, 2022 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(Source: CBS Denver, February 13, 2022) DENVER — Several freight train cars derailed in Denver Saturday morning. Burlington Northern Santa Fe confirmed the crash happened at around 6 a.m. Officials add three of seven cars fell into the South Platte River. There are no...
February 10, 2022 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Denver Post, February 8, 2022) DENVER, Colo. — A railroad employee hit by a train in Denver on Wednesday morning died of his injuries. The man was hit by train in the area of the 3700 block of Globeville Road, according to an 11:46 a.m. Twitter post by the...
