March 15, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, March 12, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Against the backdrop of Congress’ plans to push through a major transportation infrastructure bill, witnesses testifying at a U.S. House hearing on Wednesday spoke about the need for public partners to...
March 12, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 11, 2021) Caren Kraska of Arkansas and Missouri Railroad (A&M) and Tom Williams of BNSF Railway Co. yesterday testified before a House subcommittee hearing on the impact of rail on the nation’s economy and...
March 11, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) press release, March 10, 2021) FORT WORTH, Texas — An employee of one of the nation’s largest North American freight railroad networks will receive more than $290,000 in...
March 10, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Bloomberg Law, March 9, 2021) NEW YORK — BNSF Railway Co. must pay a track inspector $1.7 million for the retaliation a jury found he faced after refusing a supervisor’s request to change his classification of a rail defect so the track could remain in...
March 5, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Victorville Daily Press, March 4, 2021) VICTORVILLE, Calif. — A BNSF train derailed in the Mojave Desert on Wednesday afternoon, causing thousands of gallons of flammable liquid to spill from a railcar before crews stopped the leak. Full story: Victorville...
March 5, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, March 4, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has sent three investigators to determine what led to the early Wednesday morning death of a worker at the La Mirada rail yard near Los Angeles. Full story:...
March 4, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: KTLA, March 4, 2021) BUENA PARK, Calif. — A BNSF Railway worker died after being crushed between two trains that converged Wednesday morning near the La Mirada-Buena Park border. Arriving firefighters found that the victim, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe...
March 3, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, March 2, 2021) NEW YORK — Firefighters were busy dealing with a fire on a BNSF bridge in Bemidji, Minn., on March 1. The fire caused moderate damage to the structure, and first responders were battling the blaze for more than...
March 3, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Transport Topics, March 2, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a move that could help speed up the path to a trial, a District of Columbia federal judge ruled in a multidistrict federal lawsuit that more than 200 shippers are entitled to pursue certain evidence to...
March 3, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: OC Register, March 3, 2021) BUENA PARK, Calif. — One person was crushed to death early Wednesday morning between two Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains on the tracks near the border of Buena Park and La Mirada. Multiple sources told a news photographer at...
