A federal jury said BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened. The jury awarded $4 million …
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Crews have secured two container cars that began floating away in the Mississippi River after a freight train derailed in southwestern Wisconsin, officials said Friday. Thursday’s derailment in Crawford County involved two of the train’s three …
BRENTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Three women killed when an Amtrak commuter train smashed into their car in Northern California were headed to a fundraiser at a vineyard for a Brentwood resident who died less than a week ago. The crash …
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An Illinois law firm filed lawsuits Monday against Amtrak and BNSF Railway on behalf of seven passengers who were on an Amtrak train when it derailed in north-central Montana late last month, killing three and injuring …
LUDLOW, Calif. (AP) — A freight train derailed in the Southern California desert on Wednesday, sending more than 40 rail cars crashing into the sand, authorities said. Nobody was hurt and there was no fire when the BNSF Railway train …
BNSF Railway is one of the first railroads to fully implement new safety technology that will be required by federal regulators by the end of the year, a company spokeswoman said. The new technology, known as positive train control, is …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered BNSF Railway to reinstate two workers in Montana and Wyoming after determining they were illegally fired when they reported they were injured at work. OSHA said Monday that BSNF violated whistleblower portions …
BNSF Railway has agreed to pay $55,000 to settle claims by state regulators that the company failed to fix defects at seven railroad crossings in northwest Washington. The Bellingham Herald reports that six of the crossings were in Whatcom County …
BNSF Railway and ADM have settled a lawsuit filed over injuries suffered by a railroad conductor during a Lincoln, Neb., accident in 2008. Court records say BNSF sued ADM in September 2010 to recover the $405,000 it paid conductor Robert …