If Union Pacific’s merger is approved, it could gain control of train operators who’ve been hauling freight across Chicago ...

On Jan. 8, shortly following release of several customer letters and Surface Transportation Board filings from BNSF, CSX, CN and CPKC on the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger (which ...

Several BNSF Metra line trains scheduled to run on Christmas Eve were canceled mid-day due to an "operational incident," Metra announced. A staffing shortage resulted in the need to cancel some ...

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The city of Vancouver has filed suit against BNSF after the railroad put dozens of large boulders along the sidewalks adjacent to three of its properties on West 11th Street in downtown. In the Dec. 5 ...

The freight railroad company BNSF says the Rocky Mountain Steel Mill in Pueblo stopped shipping rails for train tracks this fall. That’s according to a recent legal claim filed by the railroad. The ...

FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BNSF President & CEO Katie Farmer issued the following statement on the UP merger application filing: "The transaction poses a significant threat to the U.S.

BNSF Railway, which employs nearly 3,000 people at its Fort Worth headquarters, is lobbying against a colossal merger proposal by two competitors that would reshape the nation’s freight rail network ...

HINSDALE, Ill. (WLS) -- Inbound and outbound Metra BNSF trains are back on the move Monday, after an inbound Metra train hit a vehicle in Hinsdale, the commuter rail said. Hinsdale police shared video ...

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NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- A freight train hit a pedestrian in the west suburbs on Monday night, Metra said. Metra said the collision happened near Naperville. What led up to the crash was not ...