February 24, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Television station KWCH, February 23, 2020) BARBER COUNTY, Kan. — Investigators are still looking into the fire at the railroad bridge near Kiowa. A spokesperson for BNSF says they will continue to have fire crews and inspectors check out the damage on the...
February 10, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: Bloomberg Quint, February 9, 2020) NEW YORK — MillerCoors LLC says in a lawsuit that Berkshire Hathaway’s BNSF Railway Co. and other U.S. rail freight carriers made billions of dollars in illicit profits by conspiring to overcharge customers on a shipping...
February 7, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: Kansas City Business Journal, February 6, 2020) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Overland Park-based Lansing Trade Group, its parent company and subsidiaries are suing four U.S. railroads, claiming they’re acting collectively to increase transportation rates in violation...
February 7, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Television station KXII, February 6, 2020) MARIETTA, Okla. — For the second week in a row, Marietta First Responders were blocked by a train, forcing them to take a different route. On Tuesday, a BNSF train blocked all three crossroads in Marietta at the same...
February 6, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: ABC Nebraska, February 5, 2020) GRAND ISLAND, Neb — Grand Islanders hope the state will crack down on a major railroad, saying one crossing has become a train parking lot. But BNSF says locals have rejected a possible solution. Full story: ABC...
February 6, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: American Journal of Transportation, February 5, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an unusual display of unity, Willie Adams, president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and Jim McKenna, president of the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA)...
February 6, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: Freight Waves opinion column by Jim Blaze, February 5, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Since railroad freight is often bulk or shipments of large goods, changes in the economy or in global trade can impact the flow of railroad traffic in large up and down...
February 6, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, February 5, 2020) DENVER, Colo. — The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado has ordered Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) to pay $696,173 in lost back and future wages to a former employee...
February 5, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, February 4, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — BNSF lowered its overall budget for capital expenditures in 2020 from 2019 levels, although more funding will be allocated toward replacing and upgrading network assets. The carrier expects capital...
January 30, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: The Daily Ardmoreite, January 29, 2020) ARDMORE, Okla. — At around 9 a.m. Tuesday morning Davis residents who cross the train tracks on Main St. during their daily commutes had to find an alternate route. Full story: The Daily...
