May 26, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 25, 2021) Ceres Global Ag Corp. today announced plans today to build a $350 million integrated canola processing facility in Northgate, Saskatchewan, to help meet the current and growing global demand for canola products. Full...
May 18, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Wabtec press release, May 18, 2021) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Wabtec Corporation announced today a rail industry first as its FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive delivered more than an 11-percent average reduction in fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions for...
May 6, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Watco press release (PDF), May 4, 2021) HOUSTON, Texas — Watco is pleased to announce the start-up of a full-service rail, storage, and transloading facility near Refugio, Texas. The Refugio Transload Terminal is well positioned to support the growing Corpus...
May 4, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, May 3, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Executives with BNSF parent company Berkshire Hathaway noted on Saturday during the company’s annual shareholder meeting that BNSF will seek opportunities to protect its franchise as the merger proceedings go...
May 4, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 3, 2021) BNSF Railway Co. posted first-quarter 2021 net income of $1.25 billion, up 5%, and operating income of $1.9 billion, up 4%, compared with the same period a year ago. Full story: Progressive...
May 3, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Bismarck Tribune, April 30, 2021) BISMARCK, N.D. — After years of a local nonprofit trying to save the historic Bismarck-Mandan Rail Bridge, the owner of the structure has asked the federal agency overseeing the pro-cess to move on from preservation and begin...
May 3, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, April 30, 2021) NEW YORK — BNSF, the railroad unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc, is prepared to handle any increase in rail traffic if the Dakota Access oil pipeline (DAPL) is shut due to an on-going legal dispute, the company told...
April 29, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Kaiser Health News, April 29, 2021) LIBBY, Montana — Patricia Denny and her husband, Jeff, had hoped to one day get an RV and travel the country. Instead, Jeff has been forced into retirement at age 54 by a lung disease caused by the asbestos that’s polluted...
April 13, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: News Channel Nebraska, April 12, 2021) ALLIANCE, Neb. — Fire officials in Alliance are estimating a fire at the BNSF facility in town left millions of dollars in damage. According to a statement posted to Facebook by the Alliance Fire Department (AFD),...
April 12, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, April 12, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the death of a BNSF employee in northeast Missouri. BNSF officials say 56-year-old Buddy Strieker, of Hannibal, died Wednesday while working at a...
