August 1, 2023 | Amtrak, BNSF, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Freight Waves, July 31, 2023) “Poor track conditions” of a track owned by BNSF may have contributed to a fatal September 2021 accident involving an Amtrak train derailment in Joplin, Montana, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Full story:...
August 1, 2023 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Television station WDAF, July 31, 2023) Gov. Mike Parson and the Missouri Department of Transportation are set to announce a new Missouri Railroad Safety Crossing plan this week. On Thursday, the governor plans to sign House Bill 4, which includes $50 million...
July 31, 2023 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, July 28, 2023) Federal investigators renewed their recommendation that major freight railroads equip every locomotive with the kind of autonomous sensors that could have caught the track flaws that caused a fatal 2021 Amtrak derailment in...
July 20, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Shippers, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 18, 2023) BNSF Railway is seeking a judicial review of the Surface Transportation Board’s preliminary injunction that orders the railroad to haul more export coal from a Montana mine to tidewater in British Columbia. Full story:...
July 7, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Shippers, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 6, 2023) Federal regulators have set a procedural schedule for handling Navajo Transitional Energy Co.’s common carrier complaint against BNSF Railway. The Surface Transportation Board last month issued a preliminary injunction that...
July 5, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, June 30, 2023) A U.S. judge on Friday ordered a new trial on damages against BNSF Railway in a privacy class action, in a ruling that wiped out an award of $228 million to truck drivers who accused the freight railway giant of unlawfully collecting...
July 3, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, STB
(Source: Associated Press, June 27, 2023) A federal board has sided with one of the largest coal producers in the United States in a contract dispute with a major freight railroad, ordering BNSF Railway to transport at least 4.2 million tons of coal this year for...
July 3, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, June 30, 2023) Nearly a week after a bridge collapsed over the Yellowstone River at Reed Point, Mont., sending rail cars into the water below, the cleanup is well underway. But it’s still unclear just how long Montana Rail...
July 3, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, June 28, 2023) A major U.S. railroad found liable for spreading hazardous asbestos that killed hundreds of people in a Montana town is trying to convince a federal jury that a local clinic submitted hundreds of asbestos claims for people who...
June 21, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 19, 2023) BNSF Railway Co. is prepared for increasing intermodal volume through U.S. West Coast ports now that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) have reached a...
