January 25, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Television station KCEN, January 24, 2022) WACO, Texas — The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Corporation is asking a federal judge to stop a potential worker stoppage. Full story: www.kcen.com
January 24, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Television station KCEN, January 22, 2022) WACO, Texas — A new attendance policy from the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Corporation has employees upset and calling for a strike. The decision is not just impacting the employees, but also their families...
January 24, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Billings Gazette, January 23, 2022) BILLINGS, Mont. — It may have been a surprise to most of the state to hear Montana Rail Link start 2022 with an announcement it wanted out of its lease with BNSF Railway, but not for Lochiel Edwards, a Montana wheat farmer...
January 20, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, January 19, 2022) OMAHA, Neb. — BNSF railroad wants a federal judge to prevent two of its unions from going on strike next month over a new attendance policy that would penalize employees for missing work. The Fort Worth, Texas-based...
January 20, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: Railway Age, January 19, 2022) NEW YORK — Schneider has signed a long-term agreement with Union Pacific (UP) to be its primary intermodal rail provider in the western U.S., effective January 2023, the companies reported on Jan. 19. Full story: Railway...
January 20, 2022 | BNSF, CP, Headlines, KCS
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 14, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — BNSF Railway, in a Thursday regulatory filing related to the proposed Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger, said it may seek trackage rights on Kansas City Southern to reach the Mexican border at...
January 14, 2022 | BNSF, CP, Headlines, KCS, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 13, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — BNSF Railway and Norfolk Southern may both seek trackage rights over Kansas City Southern routes in order to preserve competition as part of the proposed Canadian Pacific-KCS merger. Full story: Trains...
January 14, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: SHRM, January 12, 2022) NEW YORK — A railroad inspector who was fired shortly after reporting that wearing a seat belt while driving a “hy-rail vehicle” could be dangerous had a valid retaliation claim, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled....
January 14, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, STB
(Source: The Oklahoman, January 12, 2022) NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma’s 10-minute limit on trains blocking city streets violates the federal government’s authority to regulate rail carriers and tracks, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. Full story: Yahoo...
January 14, 2022 | BNSF, News
CLEVELAND, Ohio, January 13 — Yesterday, members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the Transportation Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation union (SMART-TD) who work for the BNSF...
