BNSF Railway has been working behind the scenes to build its property holdings in Wittmann around its planned $3.2 billion logistics park. The Texas-based rail company has acquired approximately 56 ...

FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BNSF Railway, one of North America’s leading freight transportation companies, announced today its safety results for 2025, reporting the best year ever in the ...

Aerial view of the train derailment at the BNSF Railway yard in El Mirage on Jan. 6, 2026.

BNSF Railway, which employs nearly 3,000 people at its Fort Worth headquarters, is lobbying against a colossal merger proposal by two competitors that would reshape the nation’s freight rail network ...

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A driver suffered only "very minor" injuries when their SUV was struck by a Metra BNSF train in Hinsdale on Monday morning. Metra posted an alert that trains were stopped and extensive delays were ...

Inbound and outbound Metra BNSF trains are back on the move Monday, after an inbound Metra train hit a vehicle in Hinsdale, the commuter rail said. Hinsdale police shared video on Facebook of the ...

Carrying J.B. Hunt containers, BNSF Railway’s first northbound intermodal train to use the Eagle Pass, Texas, gateway crosses the Rio Grande in December 2023. BNSF claims that Union Pacific favors its ...

In advance of the Surface Transportation Board (STB) evaluating a Union Pacific (UP)-Norfolk Southern (NS) merger application (yet to be filed), rival BNSF wants a separate proceeding to examine, with ...

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 ...

A 72-year-old Childress man was killed Saturday evening when a BNSF freight train struck him near County Road 16 west of US 287, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The crash happened ...

Service on the Metra BNSF line has been disrupted after a truck hit a rail bridge in Chicago. The BNSF said all inbound and outbound service was halted near Cicero Avenue. Trains began moving again ...