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Cap and trade possible threat to BNSF
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Cap and trade possible threat to BNSFGALESBURG, Ill. -- BNSF officials are worried about the effect a proposed cap and trade bill could have on the coal industry, one of the biggest parts of the railroad giant's business, The Register-Mail reports. Cap and trade would offer tax incentives to busine...
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BNSF begins mandated cleanup on Whitefish River
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BNSF begins mandated cleanup on Whitefish River (The following story by Lynnette Hintze appeared on the Daily Inter Lake website on September 27, 2009.) WHITEFISH, Mont. BNSF Railway Co. will remove roughly 36,000 cubic feet of petroleum-contaminated sediment from the Whitefish River during t...
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BNSF Railway poised to grow
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BNSF Railway poised to growGALESBURG, Ill. -- BNSF officials were cautiously optimistic about the future at a special forum on the railroad industry at Carl Sandburg College on Tuesday (Sept. 22), The Register-Mail reported. Plans to build a diesel repair shop, a third main track in the BNSF Railw...
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BNSF kicks tires on fuel optimization system
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BNSF kicks tires on fuel optimization systemBNSF Railway Co. is taking another step down the better-fuel-management path. The Class I is testing a computerized onboard fuel optimization system designed to help locomotive engineers reduce diesel consumption, Progessive Railroading reporte...
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BNSF: Rail project good for the environment
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BNSF: Rail project good for the environmentKANSAS CITY, Mo. -- BNSF Railway today (Sept. 8) started to mount a public relations campaign against public comments that suggest its proposed rail yard for Johnson County would make Kansas City's air pollution problems worse, Web site primebuzz.kcst...
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BNSF hits growers with two rate hikes
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BNSF hits growers with two rate hikesBurlington Northern Santa Fe Railway raised the per-car rate for grain shippers in Montana and North Dakota on Aug. 1 and has announced a second rate hike in January, the AgWeek Web site reports. According to Montana Attorney General, Steve Bullock, these incre...
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Environmentalists warn of rail hub
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Environmentalists warn of rail hubKANSAS CITY - Environmental pressures are mounting on BNSF Railways proposed freight center in Johnson County, with experts saying it would contribute to the regions already serious air pollution problems, the Kansas City Star reports. Air-quality experts a...
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Uke honored by BNSF
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BNSF honors world's oldest manGREAT FALLS, Mont. -- Walter Breuning didn't get blubbery about it, but the world's oldest living man appeared touched by two honors presented to him Thursday by railroad officials in Great Falls, the Great Falls Tribune reports. Breuning usually is nonchalant abou...
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BNSF seeks PTC slowdown
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BNSF seeks PTC slowdownBNSF is pushing Congress to scale back a requirement for carriers to install automatic-braking systems on most of their tracks, reports Bloomberg News. Heavy-handed legislation enacted last year would cost Fort Worth, Texas-based Burlington Northern almost $2 billion...
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BNSF makes 68 intermodal service enhancements in 2009
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BNSF makes 68 intermodal service enhancements in 2009 (BNSF Railway issued the following on August 20, 2009.) FORT WORTH, Texas Since the beginning of 2009, BNSF Railway Company has created 23 new intermodal services and established improved performance transit times on 45 different lanes. The...
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Three arrested for stopping a freight train
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Three arrested for stopping a freight trainGLENWOOD SPRINGS, Col. Three transients were arrested Saturday night after allegedly tampering with a locomotive's air-break system, stopping a freight train in Glenwood Canyon, the Post Independent reports. According to the Garfield County Sheri...
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Fuel spill in Seattle train collision
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Fuel spill in Seattle train collisionSEATTLE, Wash. - Crews have contained a 1,000 gallon diesel spill after two train cars collided in Seattle's SODO neighborhood, the Seattle News reports. "We were performing a routine switching operation and apparently a string of cars somehow started...
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"The BNSF shouldn't turn Montana into a dump for junk," Blewett said. "It's only 75 cars........."
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BNSF building rail line in Montana for storageBUTTE, Mont. BNSF Railway is installing 1,700 new feet of rail line near a Butte rail yard and plans to use the line to store excess rail cars, the Associated Press reports. BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas said Thursday (July 30) the new rail work is expected to...
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No injuries happened because of the leak and the leak was classified unintentional
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K.C. derailment spills fuel; no injuriesKANSAS CITY, Kan. Crews from the Kansas City, Kan., Fire Department and BNSF contained a hazardous leak Monday afternoon, the Kansan reports. The leak, occurring at 78th and Holliday Dr., in Kansas City, Kan., happened on railroad tracks in the area. "...
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$7,500 reward offered for bombing of BNSF facility
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$7,500 reward offered for bombing of BNSF facilitySUGAR GROVE, Ill. -- A $7,500 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons who pipe bombed a Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railway switching shed near suburban Sugar Grove, Web site www.examiner.com report...
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Take That, Little Guy.
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BNSF sues short line over access to customersPublished: Wednesday, July 22, 2009RICHLAND, Wash. - BNSF Railway has sued short line Tri-City & Olympia, saying the short line is blocking BNSF trains from reaching some track in Richland, the Tri-City Herald has reported. The dispute stems from...
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Burlington Northern income rises, but revenue falls
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Burlington Northern income rises, but revenue falls (The Associated Press circulated the following story by Samantha Bomkamp on July 23, 2009.) NEW YORK Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., the second largest rail operator in the U.S., reported higher profit on Thursday, and said it sees the decl...
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Conductor injured in train/semi crash
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Conductor injured in train/semi crashCOMMERCE CITY, Colo. - Police say a train conductor was injured Thursday night when a train locomotive collided with a semi truck, the KUSA Web site reports. Commerce City police say it happened around 11:30 p.m. in the area of the refinery, around the 3900 bloc...
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What the fuck?.....over
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Date: 07/18/09 19:09 Sagging BNSF Covered Hoppers? Author: sdrake BNSF appears to be having a skin buckling problems with some of their older red oxide grain train covered hoppers. I noticed that some of the cars appeared to have been cleaned in an odd pattern (actually repainted) and then I noticed...
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Analysts expect BNSF profit drop
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Analysts expect BNSF profit dropNEW YORK -- Analysts expect the second-quarter profit of railroad operator Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. to fall from a year ago. They're just not sure how much, the Associated Press reports. Shipping demand was still very weak in the second quarter, although...
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BNSF praised for techno forward thinking
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BNSF praised for techno forward thinking(The following column, "The world shook last month," was written by Stan Thompson and appeared July 15, 2009, in the Statesville, N.C., Record and Landmark. Thompson, a leading proponent of hydrail technology, is a retired strategic planner a...
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Bomb threat temporarily closes BNSF yard
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Bomb threat temporarily closes BNSF yardBARSTOW, Calif. - The BNSF Railway yard in Barstow was evacuated for more than four hours after a bomb threat was found at the yard Sunday night, but no bombs were found in the area, the Desert Dispatch reports. City spokesman John Rader said BNSF employees rep...
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One word comes to mind: Whitefish
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Report sees little environmental impact from BNSF freight center in Gardner (The following story by Brad Cooper appeared on The Kansas City Star website on July 13, 2009.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. A new environmental report tentatively concludes that a railroad freight center proposed near Gardner wont...
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BNSF explains secretive actions in Whitefish
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BNSF explains secretive actions in Whitefish (The following story by Myers Reece appeared on the Flathead Beacon website on July 7, 2009.) WHITEFISH, Mont. On Tuesday morning, representatives from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway explained for the first time, following months of silence,...
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No jobs at BNsf?
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Nary an opening at 2LRR. Thank you for your interest in a position at BNSF. At this time we have no open positions, however we encourage you to check back frequently.
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