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Hiring binge?
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Could be. This is the largest number yet for BNsf lately. Yeah...136 openings in 'all crafts,' so they say... Looks like they're adding conductor trainees at every terminal across the system. Finally. I guess the traffic levels have increased so much so that jobs can be had just for applying... Almo...
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Another Whoops.
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ENLARGE
Railway personnel look over a train derailment caused when the Burlington Northern Santa Fe train rear-ended an empty Union Pacific coal cars. Ten Union Pacific cars derailed, though no one was insured and the accident remains under investigation.
Dominique Taylor/Vail Daily
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awe hes gettin him some!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIPp7hAo8Kw&feature=related
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Lotsa jobs at BNSF!
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https://www4.recruitingcenter.net/Clients/BNSF/PublicJobs/controller.cfm
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Shortline connection/BNsf in the Iron Range...
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New nine-mile Iron Range line approved The Surface Transportation Board Monday announced a decision permitting the Itasca County (Minn.) Regional Rail Authority (ICRRA) to build a nine-mile rail line from a Class I rail connection at Taconite to the site of a new steel mill to be constructed by Min...
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Any of you BNSF'ers
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Every once in awhile the BN sends us safety notices, we got one the other day about some dink taping or gluing rasor blades on bleed rods, on bn property. Anyone actually seen this?
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FELA chases BNSF out of St. Louis
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FELA cases put BNSF on the moveST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The BNSF Railway Co. is making tracks out of St. Louis County. The Fort Worth, Texas-based railroad has moved its registered agent 210 miles southwest -- to Springfield, Mo., in Greene County. Some plaintiffs' lawyers privately have suggested that th...
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Kablooey!
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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bdf_1219533998
Taken from the OK wreck recently....
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Was it a car load of vibrators?
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Derailment blamed on 'vibrating' rail carBRENHAM, TEXAS -- The cause of July 28 train derailment was probably a single car that began rocking back and forth when it crossed a section of tracks that had sunk, Brenham officials say. Public works director Doug Baker said he and other city officials met...
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Profit sharing takes a dive
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Flames Seen For Miles After Train DerailsAuthorities Say Two Men On Board Were UninjuredPOSTED: 1:09 pm PDT August 22, 2008UPDATED: 3:55 pm PDT August 22, 2008A Burlington Northern-Santa Fe train derailed in a rural northeast Oklahoma County on Friday, sending a giant fireball into the sky and fo...
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LaCrosse
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Hey Bucket. I had heard for years about what douchebags the LaCrosse crews were but I figured a lot of it was just sour grapes. Well I met a LaCrosse engineer recently and what can I say? Just an absolute prick who thought his shit didn't stink. The thing is, he looked like an uber-foamer. He was weari...
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Attention!
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Guys, a word to the wise....Dont test me....Im not gonna put up with any bullshit.... Im going to get with Pipes and together we're going to make this a well oiled machine...I dont care if it is just me and him on here posting...Im tired of you bastards eating each other.....
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Probably benefit UP and BNsf at the 'joint-line'
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Coal mine's railroad spur put on fast track Construction of a long-anticipated railroad to carry coal from a mine near Roundup, Mont., to Eastern and Western markets has begun near Broadview, Mont., as Yellowstone County and railroad representatives signed an agreement. The railroad will take a...
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Electrifying
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BNSF eyeing electrificationBNSF Railway is rethinking electrification of some of its lines, reports Railway Age Editor Bill Vantuono in an exclusive report at railwayage.com. Even though railroads are many more times fuel-efficient than trucks and have not been hurt as badly by soaring diesel...
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Imagine owning a thousand...
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...shares of your company. How 'bout Warren Buffet? He, and his company BerkshireHathaway own a mere 63,785,418 shares. That's a majority. An 18% majority. Simply stated IF ol' Warren and his company decided to, they could replace damn near EVERY top manager at BNI [BNsf] right now! But apparently...
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...and they're makin' money ta spend!
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Proof? Coal from the Powder River area. Stats: Year to date, BNSF loads 50.2 PRB coal trains daily In this year's first seven months, BNSF loaded a total daily average of 50.2 trains with Powder River Basin coal, up 2% from the average of 49.2 trains a day in the same period last year. This was accomplish...
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Money well spent no doubt
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BNSF spent more than $1.4M lobbying in 2QWASHINGTON - Burlington Northern Santa Fe Co., which operates the nation's second largest freight railroad, spent more than $1.4 million in the second quarter to lobby on antitrust, tax and environmental issues, according to a recent disclosure form as re...
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Jumped the tracks and off the overpass
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BNSF train derails, falls from overpass (The following story by Allison Triarsi appeared on the KHOU.com website on July 29.) BRENHAM, Texas -- Emergency crews in Brenham worked much of the night to clean up a large train derailment where several cars fell off an overpass on Monday. A Burlington Nor...
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25%
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BNSF raises dividend 25 percentLINCOLN, Neb. -- Directors of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation voted to raise BNSF's next quarterly dividend by 25 percent, or 8 cents per share, to 40 cents per share on outstanding common stock. This represents an annualized $1.60 per share dividend. The d...
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2Q Earnings
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BNSF to announce second quarter earningsNEW YORK -- Railroad operator Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. will report second-quarter earnings after the bell Thursday, revealing how much the floods in the Midwest and soaring fuel costs cut into its bottom line. Last month, the nation's second-la...
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