A fractured section of railroad track led to 16 cars of a Burlington Northern-Santa Fe freight train derailing near ...

COAL CITY — Grundy County Coroner John Callahan announced that a 40-year-old man from Coal City lost his life in the middle of the night when a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train struck him.

For some reason, as I at times in retirement drive aimlessly around town, as I come upon the Sibley Avenue railroad crossing, I’m often the first car waiting as a Burlington Northern freight ...

The plan will stay in place for at least seven years, regardless of whether grizzly bears lose their protections as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act in that time.

After years of delay, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway finally has an official plan to reduce collisions with grizzly ...

The railroad will support conservation efforts in Northwest Montana in return for a permit allowing it to ‘take’ 19 grizzly ...

The St. Joseph News-Press reports that 42-year-old George W. Holmes III was struck by a Burlington Northern freight train about 3 a.m. Saturday. No other details were immediately available.

A Riverside neighborhood is less noisy now that automated train horns are no longer sounding when the tracks are in use, ...

Major railroads in North America basically operate as duopolies because there are just two main freight rail channels. Union Pacific (UNP) and Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRK.A) Burlington Northern ...

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train, with dozens of shipping containers, rolls through the High Desert. The theft of cargo from freight trains passing through the High Desert has been a persistent ...

Trains might roll through area towns at a faster rate if Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway proceeds with a proposal it outlined for the Meeker County Board of Commissioners. The railroad ...