Business Wire

BNSF Railway Files Petition Requesting STB to Enforce, Review Union Pacific/Southern Pacific Merger Conditions From Three Decades Ago

FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BNSF Railway today announced the Class I railroad has filed a petition with the Surface Transportation Board (STB), requesting the immediate review and enforcement ...
Railway Age

BNSF to STB: First Cure UP’s ‘Old Harms’

In advance of the Surface Transportation Board (STB) evaluating a Union Pacific (UP)-Norfolk Southern (NS) merger application (yet to be filed), rival BNSF wants a separate proceeding to examine, with ...
Railway Age

BNSF vs. UP, Take Three

I will attempt to clarify a rather “interesting” indirect exchange involving Union Pacific’s Jim Vena, who hopes to one day head the first East-West U.S. transcontinental Class I railroad, and BNSF’s ...
The Business Journals

BNSF’s massive, planned rail hub faces more delays

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min This marks the fourth time BNSF ...
KTAR News

Wittmann residents celebrate recent vote rejecting BNSF’s attempt to rezone land for $3.2B railway hub

PHOENIX — The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors recently rejected a zoning change request made by a massive corporation seeking to create a $3.2 billion railway logistics hub in Wittmann, a rural ...
AZ Central

Maricopa County denies BNSF's land use request for rail hub, project not dead

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to deny a comprehensive plan amendment request from railroad giant BNSF at its meeting on Nov. 5. The vote came after months of community ...
AZ Central

BNSF asks late to delay county vote on controversial massive rail hub plan

Railroad giant BNSF asked the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors again to delay an imminent vote related to the company’s plans for a massive freight rail hub in Wittmann. The development will ...
The Business Journals

BNSF's $3.2B railway hub gains support from Arizona chambers amid local opposition

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min As a crucial vote approaches ...
Chicago Tribune

Extensive delays reported on Metra BNSF line after vehicle strikes bridge

Metra reported BNSF trains are operating with major delays Wednesday morning due to a vehicle striking a bridge. Officials said inbound and outbound trains on the BNSF line will be operating at ...
WGN-TV

BNSF trains face delays after vehicle crashes into bridge in Little Village

CHICAGO — An early-morning crash delayed some BNSF trains on Wednesday. According to Metra, several BNSF trains were halted on Wednesday morning after a vehicle struck a bridge. The crash appears to ...
CBS News

BNSF Railway conductor struck and killed by a train in Montana

Authorities were investigating the death of a rail conductor who was hit by a passing train Sunday in Montana, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The conductor worked for BNSF Railway, the ...
The Real Deal

BNSF’s $3B logistics hub gets Surprise opposition

BNSF Railway Company’s proposed $3.2-billion dollar logistics hub in the fast-growing Phoenix area is facing more pushback, this time from a neighboring local government. Surprise City Council voted ...