A proposal in the state Legislature aims to cap freight trains at 7,500 feet long to improve safety, but companies warn it could drive up costs and delay passenger rail.

Union Pacific and BNSF Railway trains battle gravity and curvature as they wind their way up and down the former Southern Pacific main line through the rugged Tehachapi Mountains of Southern ...

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

The conductor of a contract switching operator at BNSF Railway’s auto distribution facility in Richmond, Calif., was killed ...

The BNSF Railway Foundation has made a $1 million pledge to Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives Inc. (DFWII) toward the Heritage ...

A Metra BNSF train struck a pedestrian Wednesday morning in Pilsen, causing extensive delays 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. "Extensive delays are ...

Jonah said that BNSF has been “increasing our train lengths” and “trying to do more with less because they haven’t really hired anybody in forever.” The few new employees they have hired ...

car accident in the 100 Block of South Anson Road. When deputies arrived, they found a vehicle had driven around the activated grade crossing railroad signal and struck an eastbound BNSF train. The ...

MAMMOTH SPRING, Ark. — A train stopped on a bridge in North Arkansas was derailed due to heavy flood waters in the early morning hours of April 5. BNSF Railways confirmed to 5NEWS on Saturday ...

MAMMOTH SPRING STATE PARK, Ark. — A stationary BNSF train was derailed early today (April 5, 2025) when floodwaters washed out a bridge underneath part of the train, KYTV/KSPR-TV reports. Elsewhere in ...

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