January 6, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: ABC Fox Montana, January 2, 2020) BONNERS FERRY, Idaho — Bonners Ferry Firefighters and other emergency first responders are still working to contain a BNSF train that derailed into the Kootenai River Later Wednesday night. According to the Boundary County...
January 6, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: Houston Chronicle, January 6, 2020) HOUSTON — The petrochemical and refining unit of the French energy major Total is the latest big freight shipper to accuse the nation’s four biggest U.S. railroads of price fixing by adding fuel surcharges to cargo prices....
December 30, 2019 | AAR Freight Trends, BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, December 28, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Railroads are the most efficient transportation mode for moving goods on the earth’s surface. Railroads are of particular importance for the movement of commodities that heavy and moved in bulk over long...
December 23, 2019 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Seattle Times, December 22, 2019) SEATTLE — Amtrak will resume train service between Seattle and Portland on Monday, after railway crews cleared a landslide from a set of tracks just south of Tacoma. BNSF Railway lifted a temporary moratorium on passenger...
December 20, 2019 | BNSF, Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Sioux City Journal, December 19, 2019) SIOUX CITY, Iowa — NSF Railway, one of the largest freight railroad networks on the continent, has furloughed some of its Sioux City workers. In an email, BNSF spokeswoman Amy McBeth reported that “fewer than...
December 16, 2019 | BNSF, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: NCW Life, December 13, 2019) WENATCHEE — A jury found the Chumstick Valley man who confronted a group of railroad workers with an assault rifle not guilty of all eight felony counts as his trial closed Friday Full story: www.ncwlife.com
December 13, 2019 | BNSF, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: NCW Life, December 12, 2019) WENATCHEE — James Carl Brown must now wait for a jury to decide whether he was justified in firing gunshots in a confrontation with railroad workers near his home last year. The late-night October 2018 confrontation left the...
December 12, 2019 | BNSF, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: NCW Life, December 11, 2019) WENATCHEE — Trial opened Tuesday for a Chumstick Valley man accused of firing several gunshots to intimidate a crew of railroad workers. James Carl Brown, 45, allegedly fired three to five rounds from an M4 assault rifle in...
December 11, 2019 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: Atlanta Black Star, December 10, 2019) HOUSTON — Kashmere Gardens, a historically Black neighborhood in northeast Houston, is tucked between an industrial lot and a rail corridor that runs through the city. These days the quiet community is abuzz after...
December 11, 2019 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Television station KEPR, December 9, 2019) TRI-CITIES, Wash. — The Department of Ecology says 600 gallons of fuel spilled between Pasco and Finley on a faulty BNSF train. It started with a leaky fuel filter. Late Sunday night, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe...
