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 ...

U.S. freight railroads are watching how tropical depression Cristobal might affect operations as it moves inland. The storm made landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana, late Sunday evening and is ...

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 ...

FARGO, N.D. — Regional exporters that deal in value-added ag product shipments say their container shipments have been disrupted by rail restrictions in St. Paul and Chicago container-loading yards.

YRC Freight, the North American long-haul unit of less-than-truckload carrier YRC Worldwide (NYSE: YRCW) is proceeding with its strategy to use branded intermodal containers. YRC Freight said on ...

BNSF Railway Co. has received approval to use remotely controlled flying drones to assist in the inspection of railroad infrastructure and operations. The use of unmanned aerial vehicles is intended ...

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 continued on an undetermined of crude that was ...

BJ Carter, a BNSF employee, rides in the bucket of a specialized vehicle last Thursday to inspect the sides and bottom of the Latah rail bridge in west Spokane for signs of stress or decay. Engineer ...

Federal rail inspectors have cited BNSF Railway Co. in North Dakota for 721 track violations, finding problems serious enough to threaten fines in one out of every five inspections since 2006, ...

More than half of $1 billion slated for BNSF Railway Co. improvements along its Northern Corridor will be spent in Montana and North Dakota, largely to expand capacity and make track improvements as ...

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