February 15, 2024 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: News Channel Nebraska, February 9, 2024) Hall County Emergency Management has confirmed there are no injuries after 57 BNSF train cars loaded with coal derailed near Cairo early Friday morning. Full story: News Channel Nebraska
February 15, 2024 | BNSF, Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, February 9, 2024) For the second time in the past three months, federal regulators are being asked to settle a dispute related to Union Pacific’s 1996 acquisition of Southern Pacific. Full story: Trains.com
February 9, 2024 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Television station KSTP, February 8, 2024) As a fifth-generation railroader, John Mozinski has a front-row seat at Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) – but he says that view is not what it used to be. “The railroad should be concerned. The public should be...
February 8, 2024 | BNSF, Headlines, Lawsuit, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Television station KSTP, February 7, 2024) As the country focuses on rail safety following derailments here and around the country, Don Sanders’ recordings raise new questions about internal operations at the BNSF Railway Sanders spent nearly a decade with...
February 2, 2024 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, January 31, 2024) The Surface Transportation Board today issued a decision that extends the temporary reporting of employment data through the end of the year and that requires certain updated information from BNSF Railway, CSX, Norfolk Southern,...
January 25, 2024 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: BNSF press release, January 24, 2024) BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) announced its 2024 capital investment plan of $3.92 billion. BNSF’s capital investments play a key role in its ability to operate a safe and reliable network while supporting the anticipated...
January 18, 2024 | BNSF, CPKC, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, January 15, 2024) A railroad webcam captured dramatic video and audio of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City merchandise train that stalled on a grade in Iowa on Friday — and then began rolling back downgrade toward a BNSF Railway train that was...
January 12, 2024 | BNSF, CN, CPKC, CSX, Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Trains.com, January 10, 2024) The theme may not be new, but the emphasis seems to be increasing. The idea that railroads need to work together — and that doing so can be beneficial to all parties, not just the railroads involved, but their customers as well —...
January 12, 2024 | BNSF, Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, January 11, 2024) Union Pacific has asked federal regulators to squash BNSF Railway’s request to gain access a proposed short line railroad in Utah. Full story: Trains.com
January 10, 2024 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Television station KPAX, January 9, 2024) A blue locomotive on a mountainous background has been the image for the Montana Rail Link for almost 30 years but as of 2024, the railroad company has undergone a big change. Full story:...
