Trains Magazine columnist Fred W. Frailey takes a look inside BNSF Railway’s busy Willow Springs intermodal yard, near Chicago. In this free download, you’ll get a peek behind the security fence to experience the rush to move priority UPS traffic into and out of the Windy City. […]
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Railroads still recovering from Hurricane Harvey NEWSWIRE

A BNSF Railway photo shows water rising above the rail on the Conroe Subdivision in Cleveland, Texas. Cleveland is approximately one hour north of Houston. BNSF Railway This BNSF-issued map illustrates the current state of its network in the Houston area as of Tuesday evening. BNSF Railway HOUSTON — Historic flooding from Hurricane Harvey is […]
Taconite plant, mine re-openings good news for CSX, BNSF NEWSWIRE
REYNOLDS, Ind. — There’s good news in the air for the metallic ore business units of BNSF Railway and CSX Transportation as plans were announced in late July to re-open shuttered mining facilities in Minnesota in addition to the opening of a new taconite pellet plant in Indiana. Republic Steel and ERP Iron Ore LLC […]
Two locomotives and two cars NEWSWIRE
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — BNSF Railway’s local between Galesburg and Streator, Ill., L CHI 101, is shown running West at Ancona, Ill., from a public grade crossing on Saturday, July 22, 2017. The power on this train for the last several months has been interesting, anything from former Santa Fe “Superfleet” 500 series four-axle GE’s to […]
Layout tour of the Texas, Colorado & Western

This is a video layout tour of Ron Marsh’s N-scale layout, the Texas Colorado & Western Railway. The TC&W is a protolanced model of BNSF operations From Fort Worth, TX, into central Colorado in 2008. The layout is a double deck, point-to-point style with approximately 100 feet of visible mainline, a 9 1/2 turn helix […]
Layout tour of the Texas, Colorado & Western

This is a video layout tour of Ron Marsh’s N-scale layout, the Texas Colorado & Western Railway. The TC&W is a protolanced model of BNSF operations From Fort Worth, TX, into central Colorado in 2008. The layout is a double deck, point-to-point style with approximately 100 feet of visible mainline, a 9 1/2 turn helix […]
BNSF recognizes employees of the year NEWSWIRE
FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway recognized a special group of employees for their outstanding achievements in 2016 at an awards ceremony last night in Fort Worth, Texas. The annual Employees of the Year program identifies employees who have made exceptional contributions while demonstrating BNSF’s vision and values through their commitment, leadership and focus on […]
Three Class I railroads send trains to the Masters golf tournament NEWSWIRE

Augusta, Ga. Google Maps AUGUSTA, Ga. — Norfolk Southern, BNSF Railway, and CSX Transportation have dispatched executive trains to the 2017 Masters Golf Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta. The trains are run for the benefit of shippers and other guests of the railroads, with the primary purpose of providing overnight accommodations […]
BNSF clears avalanches, reopens Marias Pass NEWSWIRE

MARIAS PASS, Mont. — BNSF Railway’s operations across northern Montana and the Pacific Northwest are slowly getting back to normal after being shuttered twice in the last week due to a series of avalanches on the southern edge of Glacier National Park. The railroad closed its Hi Line Subdivision over Marias Pass from Feb. 5 […]
Charlie’s Trackside Postcards – Breakfast at Skykomish

A heavy Washington-state snowstorm lands Charlie Conway in a snow globe setting at Skykomish. True to form, Chas still manages to make his way trackside to share Season’s Greetings… and a sleigh-full of BNSF trains too! […]
Charlie’s Trackside Postcards – Breakfast at Skykomish

A heavy Washington-state snowstorm lands Charlie Conway in a snow globe setting at Skykomish. True to form, Chas still manages to make his way trackside to share Season’s Greetings… and a sleigh-full of BNSF trains too! […]
BNSF takes back track from a short line NEWSWIRE

BNSF Railway locomotives that were wrecked in a crash in 2015 when as South Western Railroad crew accidentally left a switch open to the mainline, according to documents previously obtained by Trains News Wire. BNSF has reclaimed portions of the railroad after safety errors by the short line. William P. Diven CLOVIS, N.M. — BNSF […]