NTSB: Feed Truck Shifted Track Before Kansas Amtrak Accident March 17, 2016 By Roxana Hegeman A truck used to deliver feed to a business where cattle are fattened hit a train track and shifted it...
Investigators Looking at Rail Condition in Kansas Amtrak Derailment March 16, 2016 By Michael Balsamo and Roxana Hegeman Investigators looking into the derailment of an Amtrak passenger train in southwest Kansas will review rail conditions and other factors...
At Least 32 Injured in Amtrak Train Derailment in Kansas March 15, 2016 By Michael Balsamo and Roxanna Hegeman An engineer noticed a significant bend in a rail and applied the emergency brakes before a passenger train derailed in...
Montana Bar to Blame for Woman Who Stole Truck And Died in Crash, Railway Says October 27, 2015 BNSF Railway is suing a Whitefish, Mont. bar for allegedly over-serving a woman who stole a company truck and was...
Former Railway Workers File Asbestos Suit Against BNSF in Oregon June 5, 2015 Three former employees have sued BNSF Railway, claiming they suffer from lung disease caused by job-related exposure to asbestos. The...
Washington Train Company Sues BNSF for at Least $41M April 9, 2015 Two top officials of defunct refrigerated rail service Cold Train are suing BNSF Railway in Washington for $41 million for...
Buffett’s BNSF Railway Considering Safer Oil Tank Cars January 11, 2015 By Jim Snyder BNSF Railway Co., the railroad owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is reconsidering a plan to buy 5,000 oil-tank...
North Dakota Town, BNSF Railway Reach Deal on Train Speeds November 6, 2014 Train speeds were to begin increasing through Devils Lake, N.D., on Nov. 5 under a deal between the city and...
BNSF Settles Lawsuit with Montana City Over Contamination May 5, 2014 BNSF Railway has settled a lawsuit filed by landowners living near a former railroad tie treatment plant near Somers, Mont....
Buffett Says Rail Industry Concerned Over Oil Transport Safety April 23, 2014 Warren Buffett, chairman of conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, said on Wednesday that safety is a major priority for the rail industry,...