March 2, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 1, 2021) BNSF Railway Co. today reported fourth-quarter 2020 revenue decreased 3% to $5.7 billion, but operating income rose 3% to $2.2 billion and net income climbed 5% to $1.5 billion compared with 2019’s financial...
March 1, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Daily Inter Lake, February 28, 2021) KALISPELL, Mont. — The federal government decided last week it will not intervene in a lawsuit against the Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby that alleges the nonprofit clinic committed Medicare fraud by using...
March 1, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, February 27, 2021) OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire Warren Buffett encouraged investors to maintain their faith in America’s economy and the businesses his Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate owns in a reassuring letter to his shareholders...
February 26, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Radio station WNAX, February 25, 2021) YANKTON, S.D. — BNSF Railway is prepared to handle additional volume resulting from shutdown of the Keystone XL Pipeline and uncertainty surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline. BNSF Regional Ag Development Manager Maia...
February 24, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Montana Public Radio, February 23, 2021) MISSOULA, Mont. — The federal government has declined to intervene in a lawsuit about a Libby asbestos clinic. The lawsuit alleges that the clinic committed fraud by accessing federal funding for unnecessary health...
February 24, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Television station KXAN, February 23, 2021) CAMERON, Texas — An 18-wheeler collided into the side of a BNSF train on Tuesday at a grade crossing in Milam County, Texas, sending a ball of flames and thick black smoke into the air. There were no reported...
February 23, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Television station KXXV, February 23, 2021) CAMERON, Texas — There were no injuries reported after an 18-wheeler hit the side of a train carrying liquid petroleum Tuesday morning in Milam County causing a huge explosion. Full story:...
February 23, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, February 22, 2021) OMAHA, Neb. — A federal judge has ruled that the details of conversations between the nation’s four largest railroads should be included in lawsuits challenging billions of dollars of charges the railroads imposed in the...
February 22, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: 9 News, February 19, 2021) DENVER — A BNSF Railway officer was justified in fatally shooting a suspect in August when the suspect’s attempts to avoid arrest escalated into a fistfight and the suspect stabbed the agent with a dagger, the Denver District...
February 22, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Trains, February 19, 2021) FORT WORTH, Texas — Although BNSF Railway’s operations have been disrupted by the widespread snow, ice, and record-breaking cold that swept across the southern areas of its system and crippled the Texas power grid this week, the...
