December 20, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train, Railroad Security
(Source: Department of Justice press release, Western District of Washington, December 17, 2021) SEATTLE — A 28-year-old Bellingham, Washington, woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 12 months and one day in prison and three years of...
December 17, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 16, 2021) ENID, Okla. — High winds are being cited as the cause of a derailment of a BNSF Railway intermodal train near Enid on Wednesday. Full story: Trains Magazine
December 17, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, December 16, 2021) OMAHA, Neb. — BNSF Railway has agreed to pay a $1.5 million settlement arising from an oil spill into northwest Iowa waters in 2018, according to court documents filed Thursday. Full story: Wesport...
December 16, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: Television station WCCO, December 15, 2021) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A former track inspector with BNSF Railway Company was awarded $9.4 million in damages following an eight-day trial Wednesday. According to a release, a jury found that Don Sanders was...
December 16, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines, Technology, UP
(Source: Associated Press, December 15, 2021) OMAHA, Neb. — The major freight railroads across North America continue to experiment with alternative locomotive fuels as a way to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Full story: Associated Press
December 15, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Railway Age, December 14, 2021) NEW YORK — BNSF, Progress Rail and Chevron U.S.A., Inc., have teamed on a locomotive pilot to “confirm the feasibility and performance of hydrogen fuel for use as a viable alternative to traditional fuels for line-haul rail.”...
December 13, 2021 | BNSF, Commuter Rail, News
CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 3 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the Transportation Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART-TD) have filed motions for preliminary injunctions,...
December 13, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, December 10, 2021) NEW YORK — For railroads operating in the northern parts of the United States and in Canada, winter snows always present a challenge. BNSF keeps trains moving with snowsheds in particular locations. Full...
December 13, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, December 9, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Union Pacific, BNSF and Norfolk Southern are putting on hold requirements that all of their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. The railroads had sought to issue companywide mandates because they are...
December 13, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Railway Track and Structures, December 9, 2021) NEW YORK — Cicero and Cook County, Ill., officials want BNSF to be held accountable for flooding problems for residents as a result of concrete resurfacing of the Class 1’s properties. Full story: Railway Track...
