BNSF Railway train Q-CHCSSE (Chicago to South Seattle) emerges from a snow squall at Merritt, Wash., on the east side of Stevens Pass on the BNSF Scenic Subdivision on Jan. 5, 2020. Robert W. Scott Updated Jan. 16, 2020, 9:45 a.m. SEATTLE – Less than favorable weather conditions yesterday afternoon and overnight prevented the opening […]
BNSF Railway train Q-CHCSSE (quality intermodal, Chicago, Ill., to South Seattle, Wash.) pulls up the 2.2% grade at Berne on BNSF’s Scenic Subdivision in Washington Jan. 5, 2020. The train is about to enter the Cascade Tunnel under Stevens Pass. The snow on this day was the beginning of a multiple-day weather event in the […]
BNSF locomotives remain in the Kootenai River following a Jan. 1 derailment. Idaho State Police BONNERS FERRY, Idaho – BNSF Railway is going fishing for locomotives. More than a week after a derailment along Idaho’s Kootenai River closed BNSF Railway’s main line to the Pacific Northwest for nearly three days, two locomotives are still in […]
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 — BNSF Railway is untangling its operations in the Pacific Northwest after a derailment in Idaho closed its northern transcontinental main line for three days. On Jan. […]
BONNERS FERRY, Idaho — BNSF Railway’s main line to the Pacific Northwest is still closed, more than a day after a derailment sent a locomotive into a frigid Idaho river. On Wednesday night, a westbound manifest freight derailed on BNSF’s Kootenai River Subdivision near Katka, about 10 miles east of Bonners Ferry. Three locomotives and […]
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 […]
