April 9, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 8, 2021) The surge of imports at U.S. container ports that began in summer 2020 is expected to continue at least through the end of this summer as retailers work to meet increased consumer demand, according to the monthly Global...
April 7, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Wyoming Star-Tribune, April 5, 2021) GUERNSEY — The federal government reached a $140,000 settlement with the BNSF Railway over a 2019 oil spill in the North Platte River near Guernsey, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday. Full story:...
April 7, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Wall Street Journal, April 6, 2021) NEW YORK — Trains were the Teslas of the 1800s. Even after the wonder technology had been through multiple booms, busts and bankruptcies, railroads still made up more than half of U.S. market capitalization at the turn of...
March 26, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: The Independent, March 26, 2021) DUBLIN, Ireland — U.S. subsidiaries of Irish building materials giant CRH have launched a major legal action in America, claiming that for years railroad companies there engaged in a conspiracy to impose an artificially-high...
March 24, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Idaho State Journal, March 24, 2021) POCATELLO, Idaho — A Salt Lake City-based transportation and logistics company has announced plans to build the state’s first intermodal rail terminal in Pocatello, thereby making it quicker and cheaper to export a variety...
March 24, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, March 23, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — All of the publicly traded Class I railroads presented at investment bank JP Morgan’s industrial conference last week. See story below for some themes expressed through the multiday event. Full story:...
March 23, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: SMART-TD press release, March 22, 2021) CLEVELAND, Ohio — SMART Transportation Division Local 934 member Curtis A. Deines, 52, a member of our union for more than 20 years, died before dawn on the morning of March 19 after the SUV he was being transported in...
March 16, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Television station KTEN, March 15, 2021) ARDMORE, Okla. — “They just don’t care,” said Bobbie Wells on Monday, pointing to a freight train that had been blocking Redwing Road since Friday evening. Full story:...
March 15, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, March 13, 2021) CHATTANOOG, Tenn. — Changing volume projections for U.S. wheat exports could be reflected in freight flows this spring, with more volumes going toward the western ports and fewer volumes going to the Gulf Coast, according to...
March 15, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 12, 2021) An unseasonable surge in cargo helped the Port of Long Beach register its busiest-ever February. Full story: Progressive Railroading
