BNSF’s main line to the Pacific Northwest is shut down after this train derailed into the Kootenai River in Idaho on Wednesday. Idaho State Police BONNERS FERRY, Idaho — A BNSF Railway crew was briefly trapped inside a partially-submerged locomotive following a derailment in northern Idaho Wednesday night. BNSF spokesperson Gus Melonas tells Trains News […]
CHICAGO — Ten unions representing more than 30,000 employees have filed a federal lawsuit against BNSF Railway charging that the railroad’s demand for certain medical records is a violation of their rights under the Americans With Disabilities Act. The suit is in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago. The […]
BNSF has restored these former Santa Fe cars for ‘snow coach’ duty. BNSF Railway WHITEFISH, Mont. — BNSF Railway has restored two former Santa Fe hi-level coaches and two baggage cars for service as “snow coaches” this winter. BNSF officials tell Trains News Wire that the coaches will be used to move crews when regular […]
MCPHERSON, Iowa — BNSF Railway crews are working to re-open a stretch of Iowa main line closed early Wednesday after a derailment in the western part of the state. According to a BNSF service advisory, a train derailed near McPherson about 3:30 a.m., blocking the main line. A railroad representative did not respond to a […]
LOS ANGELES — Competition from other ports, U.S. trade policies, and local dray moves are causing intermodal traffic declines that undercut the financial stability of the multi-track Alameda Corridor serving the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Opened in 2002, the Alameda Corridor routes Union Pacific and BNSF Railway trains away from the ports […]
Two DPU locomotives bring up the rear as an empty Union Pacific unit coal train heads west through Lombard, Ill., in June 2019. Moody’s Investor Services foresees a continued slide in production of Powder River Basin coal, previously a major source of traffic for UP and BNSF Railway. TRAINS: David Lassen NEW YORK – Despite […]
An empty BNSF coal train passes through La Grange, Ill, on Oct. 27, 2019. BNSF saw declines in coal volume and revenue in the third quarter, as well as volume declines in all other service areas, but still posted an increase in profits. TRAINS: David Lassen FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway reported higher third-quarter […]
WEST GLACIER, Mont. — A coalition of wildlife groups are threatening to sue BNSF Railway over the death of eight federally protected grizzly bears in the mountains of northwest Montana in 2019, the most killed in a single year. The groups allege that the railroad is not doing enough to protect the animals from being […]
An outbound Metra train passes BNSF maintenance-of-way equipment near Downers Grove, Ill., on Oct. 27, 2018, during a three-day maintenance project on the BNSF Railway main line between Chicago and Aurora, Ill. A similar tie replacement project this weekend will alter Metra schedules on the BNSF route. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — A major BNSF […]
WASHINGTON — BNSF Railway will be able to continue testing unmanned geometry cars in the Powder River Basin after a federal appeals court shot down a petition from one of the nation’s largest maintenance-of-way employee unions. On Oct. 11, federal appeals court judges in Washington D.C. ruled against a lawsuit filed by the Brotherhood of Maintenance […]
FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway has taken another step to wring more capacity out of its existing intermodal network: This week it launched a day of the week pricing system that aims to smooth peaks and valleys in volume. Currently half of the railroad’s intermodal loads are delivered to terminals between noon on Wednesday […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A 14-car derailment blocked BNSF Railway’s main line east of Flagstaff on Monday, disrupting freight traffic as well as Amtrak’s Southwest Chief. A BNSF spokesperson told local media outlets the accident occurred at 5:14 a.m., and that no hazardous materials were involved. A BNSF service advisory placed the derailment site at Darling, […]
