Residents of the unincorporated community of Wittmann are considering cityhood, in part as a response to BNSF’s plans for a ...

The move was prompted by the proposal of BNSF Railway to build the nation's largest rail hub that would surround Wittmann.

It's unclear if the effort would have any effect on the proposed BNSF facility in the area, which is planned to go before ...

BNSF on May 5 released first-quarter 2025 results, including operating income of $1.8 billion, a 6% increase from the prior-year period’s $1.720 billion, and an operating ratio (OR) of 67.9%, a 1.6% ...

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In the video, the remains of a Burlington Northern Railroad and the Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) train sit across the tracks in Ashby while several carriages are turned sideways and lying on the ground.

The Westmont Fire Department responded to the scene near the Westmont Train Depot just after 6:30 p.m. A westbound BNSF commuter train struck the pedestrian, who was pronounced dead on the scene.

A Metra train hit a pedestrian Wednesday in the west Chicago suburb of Brookfield. Brookfield police said at 7:49 p.m. that the Metra BNSF Line train hit the pedestrian near the Maple Avenue grade ...

Metra BNSF train #1200 hit the pedestrian around 5 a.m. near the Halsted station located near the 16th Street intersection, according to transit officials. Trains were stopped in both directions ...

According to a 5:25 a.m. post from Metra, BNSF train #1200 traveling from the western suburbs to Union Station in Chicago was halted near Halsted after a pedestrian was struck. Stream NBC 5 for ...

The Westmont Fire Department reported that it was called at 6:31 p.m. for a westbound Metra train on the BNSF Line having hit a person near the Westmont Train Depot. The person who was hit was ...