How the US freight rail industry got dirtier than coal power plants

U.S. freight railroads are a major source of pollution, chuffing out more nitrogen oxide than all the nation’s coal-fired ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Freight train hits pedestrian near Naperville, causing BNSF delays: Metra

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 ...
Devdiscourse

BNSF's Green Paradox: Leading in Locomotives Yet Lagging in Emissions

BNSF Railway, a key part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, champions its environmental leadership. However, it faces criticism due to its significant nitrogen oxide emissions. U.S. freight ...
Trains

Lake State Railway purchases four SD70ACe-T4 locomotives

Lake State Railway Co., the Michigan regional railroad, today announced that it is purchasing four SD70ACe-T4 locomotives ...
Railway Age

Class I Briefs: BNSF, CSX, UP

“The BNSF network remains in solid condition as we head into the Thanksgiving holiday week and peak intermodal shipping season with positive momentum,” the Class I railroad told customers in a Nov. 21 ...
SlashGear

5 Of The Biggest Freight Trains On Earth And What They Haul

Like any form of transport, trains come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. For public transportation purposes, more riders mean more fares and more income, and so it's a matter of accommodating as ...
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Pedestrian struck by BNSF train dies

The Las Cruces Police Department reported one person died in a fatal train collision on Nov. 26 in Las Cruces. A pedestrian was reportedly struck by a BNSF train around 2 p.m. Law enforcement said the ...
The Herald-Dispatch

WV AG McCuskey endorses railway merger; CSX begins coast-to-coast intermodal BNSF

West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey, along with attorneys general from Georgia and Nebraska, this week submitted a letter to the federal Surface Transportation Board endorsing the proposed ...
The New York Times

A Stand Against Coal Could Push Oakland Toward Bankruptcy

After Oakland, Calif., reneged on a contract allowing coal shipments, a Kentucky company went under. Courts say the city may have to pay hundreds of millions of dollars. By Soumya Karlamangla ...
WFMZ-TV

Woman hit, killed by train in Carbon County, coroner says

KIDDER TWP., Pa. -- A woman is dead after a train accident in Carbon County on Monday evening. Kumrie Zuberi, 28, was pronounced dead around 6:45 p.m. along train tracks in Kidder Township, said the ...
Daily Press

Train traffic has resumed after New Kent derailment, but the cleanup goes on

The railroad line that runs through the Peninsula has reopened after an Oct. 25 derailment in New Kent County, but the cleanup continues. Two locomotives and 53 train cars derailed near Providence ...