Burlington Northern Santa Fe News

It was a train ride to remember for 350 kids from Fresno County. Burlington Northern Santa Fe rolled in the railway special Wednesday about noon.

SOAPSUDS HOLLOW Railroad still has small-town charm By Tim Schwebach Tribune Columnist Anyone who has spent any amount of time in Dell Rapids knows that the railroad is still in operation here.

The bulk of the work for the Broadway Bridge replacement project will be happening next year, a city official said last week.

"Have you ever seen Willy Wonka?" Rodney Southerland asked, referencing the classic film about a magical chocolate factory.

A peaceful, tree-shaded park with a wooden gazebo in Hinsdale has barely drawn the notice of children walking or riding past on their bikes.

Metra spokesman Tom Miller said trains were stopped in both directions early this evening on the Burlington Northern, Union Pacific Northwest and Union Pacific West lines due to the strong winds and storms.

The Sierra Club is suing Burlington Northern Santa Fe in federal court in Seattle over coal dust that blows off trains into Washington rivers and Puget Sound.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe is proposing a water-level route along the Columbia River and up the coast to Cherry Point Gateway Pacfic Terminal.

The Monroe County sheriff's department says the Burlington Northern Santa Fe train was heading southbound Sunday night in Monroe Township when the engineer reported seeing a woman walk onto the tracks and lay down.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports the grant will cover 80 percent of the cost of renovating the Santa Fe depot, which is a stop on the twice-daily Amtrak Southwest Chief.

Investors are driving railroad stocks to the best start to a year since 2008, looking past downgrades by Wall Street analysts, in a bet that Warren Buffett is right about the carriers' long-term prospects.

The Sierra Club is suing Burlington Northern Santa Fe in federal court in Seattle over coal dust that blows off trains into Washington rivers and Puget Sound.

A train enters a depot along the Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail line outside of Williston, N.D. Oil companies are turning to rail deliveries as North American oil production overwhelms existing pipeline capacity.

"Its one of out three major events that help raise money to support all the non-profit agencies in town that we kind of help out." said United Way special events committee Chair Brady Shaul.

Norma Raybourn was outside her Santa Fe Avenue home Sunday, celebrating with friends and relatives at a birthday party, when she heard the train.

A Bonners Ferry man escaped serious injury when his pickup truck was struck by a Burlington Northern freight train at a crossing in northern Idaho.

The new, modern, suspended ceiling hangs next to the restored, old ceiling before the restoration work.

A man was rushed to the hospital early Thursday after his train was hit by a car in Bonners Ferry.

A single Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight car derailed on the north side of the Brookfield station, according to Metra's website.

A Missouri transportation official says it will likely cost about $3 million to replace the highway overpass that partially collapsed when rail cars smashed into one of its support pillars after a cargo train collision.