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Uncle Warren's Latest Move
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Warren Buffett struck media gold with a 2012 investment in debt-laden Media General Inc. Now the famed investor may try to reprise that success by supporting a bid for Yahoo's internet assets.The Berkshire Hathaway Inc chairman is backing a consortium that includes Quicken Loans Inc founder Dan G...
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2LARRCO lay off news!
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Surely our boyz in the cabs are protected. What with seniority being what it is, here we go again! http://abc7amarillo.com/news/nation-world/bnsf-furloughs-nearly-4600-employees-nationwide
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Phun Phact #26
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BNsf, AKA; 2LARRCO in bj.com parlance would like to share this: We are NOT going out of business! No. In fact we have a new market builder for our decli... A small dip in energy shipments. BNSF loves pizza because it helps keep the economy moving. Were happy to be a part of the process. Last year, BNSF move...
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Bad Sign of Slow Times
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[video=https://www.facebook.com/miottema/videos/1229330407096159/]
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Xmas cards from Bellingham WA
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Last year same sort of power sitting in front the ex-GN/BN depot on Christmas Day. This year the sun was out and made for better pictures.
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2LARRCO, etc.
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It's not just a railroad any more! http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/subs/sublinks.html P.S. Troll, this lynch works. Try it!
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Uncle Warren will call somebody soon!
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But you can bet it won't be Gus, as in Melonas. Not ol' gus because he's slipping, and takin' his eyes off the system while everything falls apart right around him! It may be time for Gus ta say "Bye-bye" and retire. http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/11/07/sheriff-train-derails-in...
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90 cfm leakage??
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The International Association of Railway Operating Officers, Inc. (IAROO) and the Air Brake Association (ABA) held a joint session on Oct. 5, 2015 at Railway Interchange 2015 in Minneapolis, Minn., to discuss the BNSF 90 CFM pilot test waiver. Jeff Garrels, Director of Train Handling at BNSF expl...
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Collector Plates
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http://www.trainparty.com/products/thomas-friends-full-steam-ahead-party-dinner-plates-8-ct.html
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Grand Pool ??
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Guy's I very seldom post on BJ. But I scan through the posts almost daily. I've been retired for a few years now and have heard about something that has me a bit bewildered. Understand the Bastards at BNsf have devised another anal fornication to TY&E called " Grand Pool. " Seniority me...
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Rail Giant BNSF Accused of Telling Arbitrator: ‘Our Way or The Highway’
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Rail Giant BNSF Accused of Telling Arbitrator: Our Way or The HighwayBy Rick Schmitt on September 10, 2015 A run-of-the-mill employment dispute could become a major embarrassment for railroad giant BNSF over an allegation that a senior executive threatened to blackball an arbitrator fro...
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Gus (Melonas of course) took a teeny nap...
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...and what a mess! http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/freight-trains-collide-tacoma-no-injuries-reported/nnXgJ/
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Uh-oh...
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Wonder if Uncle Warren knows about this one... http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rail-cars-leaking-crude-after-oil-train-derails-in-montana/ Maybe somebody called Gus, and he fielded the call for Uncle...
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Comments
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Uncle Warren is gonna screw somebody over, per Snippy CAHT remarks, and the first commenter knows it.BNSF doesn't regret anything! They always talk how they are family and employee minded and care about communities. Train traffic isn't down, not unless we are all imagining all these trains rollin...
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And I'm Proud To Be A Railroader....
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These fucking railroad companies make Snippy so proud to have spent 40 years with them.http://www.columbian.com/news/2015/jul/02/bnsf-railway-whistleblower-awarded-125-million/
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US Open Golf at Chambers Bay WA
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It will be interesting to see how many trains go by during each day of TV coverage at Chambers Bay as the joint UP/BNSF Seattle-Portland double track mainline is western boundry line for the golf course. There maybe a couple holes right next to the tracks and this is a busy mainline with as many as 40-50 f...
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BNSF Blast
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2015 is the 2nd year BNSF has sponsered the Seattle Mariners and Root TV when a Mariner hits a home run. "The BNSF Blast" results in a BNSF train whistle from current locomotive as a Mariner rounds the bases after a HR. The BNSF mainline passes by the eastside of Safeco Field and you can hear...
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BNSF plans long-distance drone flights
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Drone track inspectors and whatever comes into view. If I was a railfan shooting pictures and a drone came over my head I might head for my car. Good thing I took a lot of railroad picture before it came to this. The Drones are going to be unleashed by the railroads in fleets real soon. BNSF plans long-di...
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Oil train derailment prompts evacuation in North Dakota town
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I think we can know for sure now that when an oil train derails that it will have 5-10 cars explode and catch fire..minimum. Still the railroads have a pretty record moving this stuff considering the amount of oil trains moving daily around the USA over a years time.Oil train derailment prompts evacua...
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Snohomish County group tallies oil train shipments, verifies BNSF railway reports
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I listen to BNSF Everett radio a lot and its surely 2-3 loaded oil/coal a day. Big difference between "2 and 3" a day. Its seems to error more on 3 oil/coal loads getting through Everett every day of the week . Good track record so far as with the whole oiltrain route from Spokane to Vancouver Wa...
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Never Good
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http://krqe.com/2015/04/28/trains-crash-near-roswell-old-dexter-highway-closed/
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BNSF derails and blows up another oil train: Galena, IL
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Would have to say this derailment had "celestial help" as its within 24hrs of a Venus trine Jupiter, Venus conjunct Uranus, Moon square Saturn, Moon oppose Uranus, Venus square Pluto, Sun sextile Pluto, and the omni- present Uranus square Pluto. Seems this oil train derailment happen...
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Indian tribe sues BNSF over oil trains
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http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,3711260
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North Dakota crude oil trains get new rules
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I know crude oil has been shipped for years over the mountains by the SP to California..the so called "oil-cans" with a pretty good record I think. I mean the railroads dont have a speed restriction on a car of butane or LPG or propane as they could blow-up a whole city but very few over the las...
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BNSF adds safety rules for oil trains
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Since the BNSF makes a million dollars on every oil train seems they can add to the labor force a little. 35 MPH through cities of 100k or more. So out in the toolies its 50-60-65mph. I like the vigilance of flat-spot wheels more. Kinda funny..with the advent of welded rail and no more "clickity-cl...
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