August 27, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: Bloomberg Law, August 26, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The country’s top freight railroads should bear the burden of proving that their communications over fuel charges don’t violate federal antitrust law, the Justice Department said. CSX Transportation Inc.,...
August 25, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, August 24, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Class I railroads with operations along the U.S. Gulf Coast are bracing for potential impacts from tropical storms Marco and Laura. The timing of the storms’ approach to the Gulf Coast states is packing a...
August 24, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, August 21, 2020) NEW YORK — On Monday, RT&S reported on the struggle a BNSF police officer had with a trespasser at a Denver BNSF facility last Saturday. The latest information we had at the time of the report was that...
August 19, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Lincoln Journal Star, August 19, 2020) LINCOLN, Neb. — Coal trains will begin running twice a day in January on the long-dormant rail line cutting across south Lincoln near Nebraska 2, officials said Tuesday. BNSF and Omaha Public Power District have reached...
August 18, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, August 17, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — BNSF has closed a maintenance facility in Glendive, Montana, amid customers’ changing business conditions and lower demand projections for railcars to ship commodities such as coal and energy. Full story:...
August 17, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Daily Inter Lake, August 16, 2020) KALISPELL, Mont. — BNSF Railway Co. closed its maintenance facility in Glendive last month, cutting approximately 85 jobs. The closure is one of many changes coming down the line to Montana railroads due to the wide-ranging...
August 17, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Denver Post, August 15, 2020) DENVER — A BNSF Railway police officer shot and killed a suspect Saturday after the man stabbed the officer multiple times during an arrest. The officer is in critical but stable condition. Full story: Denver...
August 13, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram opinion column by Peggy Hendon and Linda Hanratty, August 12, 2020) FORT WORTH, Texas — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering licensing two different facilities to store the nation’s high-level nuclear waste. Full story:...
August 12, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, August 12, 2020) GAGE, Okla. — A BNSF Railway train derailment in western Oklahoma was “likely” caused by wind gusts of up to 70 mph (113 kph), National Weather Service meteorologist Phillip Ware said Tuesday. Full story: Public Radio...
August 11, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: The Oklahoman, August 11, 2020) OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Like cars in a parking lot, dozens of idled locomotives are sitting in a railroad yard along Interstate 235 in Oklahoma City, waiting for the day when they’ll once again haul loads of freight from coast...
