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NTSB issues final report on fatal collision between BNSF train, maintenance truck

WASHINGTON — Failure to comply with a railroad rule requiring a person on the ground for a back-up vehicle move, and ...
The Columbian

‘Pollutants’ from BNSF locomotives in rail yard called ‘outrageous’ by Lincoln neighborhood residents

Smoke and steam billowing from locomotives parked at BNSF Railway’s maintenance yard near West 39th Street has some residents worried about what’s ending up in their air. “For more than seven years, ...
West Central Tribune

BNSF stores train engines in Willmar

WILLMAR - It is not out of the ordinary to see long trains in Willmar, some with more than one engine. However, lately there looks to be one huge train made exclusively of locomotives stopped at the ...
Yahoo

3 engines, more than a dozen cars derail on BNSF rail line in Nebraska

Three train engines and more than a dozen cars derailed on a BNSF rail line in Nebraska on Friday morning. Ole Miss-Georgia had one of the weirdest endings ever: A safety, a free kick, confused stage ...
KHQ

Crews working to remove derailed BNSF train leaking fuel into Kootenai River

Dozens of crews are continuing to work to get a derailed train out of the Kootenai River while also addressing a diesel spill into the river Thursday morning. The train derailed east of Bonners Ferry, ...
Government Technology

Are Electric Trains the Future for the American Railroad?

A battery-powered locomotive, second from right, helps pull a BNSF train in California from Barstow to Stockton in a test this year. (TNS) — Colossal freight locomotives are a fixture of the American ...