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...
June 21, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 21, 2023) The Brotherhood of Railway Carmen Division has joined with BNSF Railway to support an effort to further use of technology analyzing the health of railcar brake systems. Full story: Trains Magazine
June 21, 2023 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 21, 2023) Amtrak and BNSF Railway are asking the city of Seattle to close a section of a street near the Seattle Mariners’ ballpark in the city’s Sodo neighborhood to expand the passenger carrier’s maintenance facility and eliminate a...
June 19, 2023 | BNSF, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, June 16, 2023) Specifically, BNSF requests a waiver extension from 49 CFR 232.12, Extended haul trains, to continue operating extended haul trains for distances of up to 1,702 miles, beyond the limit of 1,500 miles stated in the regulation. Full...
June 19, 2023 | BNSF, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB, Remote Control
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 16, 2023) Slack action was the probable cause of the Feb. 9, 2022, death of a BNSF Railway remote control operator helper who fell from the front platform of his locomotive in Denver, the National Transportation Safety Board said today....
