Authorities investigate the death of a rail conductor who was struck by a train in Montana

COLUMBUS, Montana — Authorities were investigating the death of a rail conductor who was hit by a passing train Sunday in ...

Conductor Dies After Being Hit by Train in Montana

A BNSF Railway (Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway) conductor was fatally struck by a passing train Sunday morning in ...
Oneindia

Investigation Launched Following Death of BNSF Railway Conductor Struck by Train in Montana

Authorities are investigating the death of a BNSF Railway conductor struck by a train in Columbus, Montana. Key details ...
Trains

J.B. Hunt sees truck-rail conversion opportunity, and risk, in UP–NS merger

J.B. Hunt executives say that if Class I railroad consolidation is really about competing with trucks, it will present an ...
Railway Age

Class I Briefs: UP, BNSF

Union Pacific (UP) readies to serve Manner Polymer’s new solar-powered manufacturing facility in Mount Vernon, Ill. Also, ...
Trains

Rail merger talk, clues about economy likely to dominate Class I earnings calls

CSX will lead off the rail industry’s third-quarter earnings season when it reports its financial results on Thursday ...
KUOW

Train carrying hazardous sulfur derails in Whatcom County

A BNSF Railway freight train derailed in Whatcom County late Tuesday night, with six cars going off the rails near the town of Custer, Washington. At least two railcars containing molten sulfur — a ...
WOOD-TV

3 missing, 1 injured in head-on train collision in Texas

DALLAS (AP) – Three crew members were missing and one was hurt Tuesday after a head-on train collision in the Texas Panhandle that caused several box cars to erupt in flames and led authorities to ...
The New York Times

BNSF Railway

The public would feel many benefits if rail companies grabbed business back from trucking, but doing so will be tough. By Peter Eavis The combination of two large rail companies would create the first ...