May 11, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train, Railroad Security
(Source: The News Tribune, May 10, 2023) The defendant was charged in Pierce County Superior Court with malicious injury to railroad property, a felony. The incident caused one BNSF Railway train car to derail. The car stayed upright, and there was no oil spill. Full...
May 10, 2023 | BNSF, FRA, Headlines, Lawsuit
(Source: Associated Press, May 9, 2023) A former BNSF worker who was named one of the railroad’s employees of the year in 2021 for her work in supporting LGBTQ+ workers is now suing the railroad where she worked for 30 years, saying that after being promoted regularly...
May 9, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave, PSR
(Source: Associated Press, May 8, 2023) Tens of thousands of engineers remain frustrated with the lack of paid sick time and the demands railroads like BNSF are making in negotiations despite the deals that have been made this year for most of the other rail unions....
May 9, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: Montana Free Press, May 5, 2023) Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC) has gone to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, the independent federal agency charged with overseeing the nation’s railroads, demanding an “emergency service” order — essentially...
May 8, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 8, 2023) BNSF’s pre-tax earnings declined 8.8%, to $1.6 billion, as revenue increased 1.9%, to $5.8 billion, BNSF’s parent, Berkshire Hathaway, reported on Saturday. The railroad’s operating ratio was 68.4%, a 3.8-point increase from a...
May 8, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, May 8, 2023) Progress is well under way on structural upgrades to BNSF’s 119-year-old Bridge 3.9A over Lake Pend Oreille outside Sandpoint, Idaho. The completion in November 2022 of the adjacent 4,873-foot long Bridge 3.9B allowed BNSF to divert...
May 3, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 2, 2023) Federal regulators will require BNSF Railway, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific to continue to provide biweekly service progress reports through the end of the year. Full story: Trains Magazine
May 3, 2023 | BNSF, Commuter Rail, CPKC, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 2, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board has denied requests by Metra and BNSF Railway to participate in an upcoming technical conference to determine details of metrics reported by Canadian Pacific Kansas City to the board, as required...
May 3, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, May 2, 2023) Railroad tracks damaged after a BNSF Railway freight train derailed in southwestern Wisconsin have been repaired and returned to service, rail and government officials say. Two cars went into the Mississippi River after the...
May 3, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 2, 2023) As cleanup from last week’s BNSF derailment near De Soto, Wis., continues, the La Crosse County landfill is processing some 2.5 million pounds of debris from the incident. Full story: Trains Magazine
