July 1, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: Television station KSNB, June 30, 2020) LINCOLN, Neb. — After months of complaints and hearings, a Nebraska state agency is taking on three railroads to order them to stop blocking a railroad crossing in northern Grand Island. Full story:...
June 29, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Daily Inter Lake, June 27, 2020) KALISPELL, Mont. — An appeals court has ruled in favor of a former Columbia Falls BNSF Railway Co. worker who successfully sued after he was injured on the job in 2015. Full story: Daily Inter Lake
June 24, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 24, 2020) BNSF Railway Co. earlier this month introduced a new direct intermodal service option between the Pacific Northwest and the Ohio Valley region. Full story: Progressive Railroading
June 23, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: Television station KFOX, June 22, 2020) EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it apprehended 48 people attempting to illegally enter the U.S. over Father’s Day weekend. All 48 were attempting to enter the U.S. as stowaways in rail cars,...
June 22, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, June 19, 2020) BELLE PLAINE, Kan. — More than a century after the arrival of the railroads to the Flint Hills of Kansas, a large-scale track expansion is tearing up a scenic stretch in some of the last remaining tallgrass prairie left in the...
June 12, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: KTUL, June 12, 2020) CLAREMORE, Okla. — Train delays in Claremore are a common issue but today folks in town say they’ve gotten worse. Police say maintenance work has caused parts of town to be shut down for more than 30 minutes at a time. Full story:...
June 10, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Dallas Morning News, June 9, 2020) DALLAS, Texas — While trains are considered essential businesses, that hasn’t protected the rail industry from the COVID-19 drag. At a time when railroads were already laying off workers in the name of more efficient...
May 29, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Television station KSNT, May 28, 2020) TOPEKA, Kan. — Eight more BNSF Topeka employees have been laid off, a BNSF Railway spokesperson confirmed to KSNT News on Thursday. Earlier this month, 28 employees were laid off. This time, eight electricians were laid...
May 27, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Sioux City Journal, May 26, 2020) SIOUX CITY, Iowa — BNSF Railway Company has reached an agreement with federal regulators to clean up 2 million pounds of toxic, broken cathode ray tube glass that had been stored on its property by former Sioux City...
May 15, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: WyoFile, May 14, 2020) GUERNSEY — The railroad is this town’s backbone. In the community of fewer than 1,200 people on the banks of North Platte River, it is the economic foundation, providing high-paying jobs for generations of residents whether they just...
