BNSF Railway

SPOKANE, Wash.—A city in eastern Washington has backed down from a proposal to fine railroad companies for hauling crude oil and coal through town, a move that was welcomed by a group representing North Dakota's oil industry. The Spokane City Council voted in late July to ask...

WASHINGTON — Only a small number of U.S. railroads will meet the Dec.

BOWMAN -- An 89-year-old Bowman man died Thursday afternoon after the van he was driving was struck by an oncoming BNSF Railway train traveling eastbound on 139th Avenue Southwest, about 6 mile east of Bowman.

BLAIR, Mont. – Tracks are estimated to reopen today as crews work to clean up after a BNSF Railway train derailment Tuesday afternoon. Nine rail cars derailed about 4:30 p.m. Mountain Time near Blair, about 50 miles west of Williston, N.D., and 40 miles east of Wolf Point, Mont.,...

GRAND FORKS — BNSF Railway Co., the largest railroad in North Dakota, is furloughing some employees across its network, including in Grand Forks and elsewhere in the region. “Customers’ volumes in the near term have come down somewhat from their prior estimates; as a result...

Your editorial neglected to acknowledge the many steps BNSF Railway is already taking to prevent accidents, reduce risk and improve safety when moving what would otherwise be trapped oil from North Dakota to markets around the country. (“Rail companies can do better,” May 15.) In...

LARIMORE -- Local and state agencies are moving forward with BNSF Railway to fund the installation of automated crossing arms at the intersection near Larimore, N.D., where a school bus and train collided killing a student and the bus driver.