FARGO — A union claims that a test of automated track inspection techniques on BNSF Railway ultimately will mean fewer visual checks of lines in North Dakota and Minnesota, setting up "a game of ...

One need not look to the wild blue yonder to find the BNSF air force. Soon, it will be patrolling BNSF tracks from altitudes no higher than 500 feet, but not within three miles of any airport and ...

BNSF Railway is spending $235 million across Washington to upgrade track and roll out a computerized safety system that experts say can prevent devastating train accidents. The move is expected to ...

BNSF has announced it is investing $220 million in its Washington state rail network in the upcoming year, with a significant portion of the upgrades to be centered around Vancouver. The railroad is ...

The section of track in Minnesota where a train carrying ethanol derailed earlier this spring had a history of defects that led to employee complaints, million-dollar lawsuits, and federal safety ...

BNSF Railway Co. plans to add a second railroad track from Big Lake to Becker and another from Little Falls to Darling, according to its 2015 capital program for operations released Thursday. The plan ...

A broad capital investment effort now underway is steering an estimated $125 million in maintenance work and improvements to BNSF Railway’s track system in Washington this year, the company announced ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... BISMARCK, N.D. — BNSF Railway resumed shipments Friday along a track in North Dakota two days after an oil train derailed and caught fire, and cleanup ...