Few things resonate sweeter than a solid father-son relationship. That’s especially true when sons proudly follow in their father’s footsteps. For locomotive engineer Robert Burkhardt, that ...

Smoke and steam billowing from locomotives parked at BNSF Railway’s maintenance yard near West 39th Street has some residents worried about what’s ending up in their air. “For more than seven years, ...

Eleven insurance companies have filed a lawsuit against BNSF Railway, alleging the railroad’s operations caused the Tunnel 5 Fire in July 2023, a blaze that destroyed homes, displaced hundreds of ...

It was 1976, a year when there was a resurgence of leisure train travel with the start of Amtrak, when Class I railroads in the Northeast joined to form Conrail, and railroads across the nation ...

This photo shows a derailed BNSF train on the Swinomish tribal reservation near Anacortes, Wash. on March 16, 2023. (Washington Department of Ecology via AP) SEATTLE (AP) — BNSF Railway must pay ...