WILLISTON, N.D. – BNSF Railway will pay $600,000 in fines as part of a settlement agreement for oil and diesel spills in North Dakota and other states, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...

BROWNING, Mont. — Officials have confirmed that a BNSF Railway locomotive leaked up to 1,000 gallons of diesel while traveling through northern Montana this week. A BNSF train leaked the fuel between ...

ANACORTES, Wash. (AP) — Two BNSF trains derailed in separate incidents in Arizona and Washington state on Thursday, with the latter spilling diesel fuel on tribal land along Puget Sound. No injuries ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Just a few days after pointing a finger at BNSF over diesel contamination entering the city’s ...

ANACORTES, Wash. — Workers in Skagit County on Sunday replaced diesel-contaminated dirt with backfill, and worked on repairing the railroad bed on the Swinomish Reservation. The progress comes within ...

PASCO - Washington's Department of Ecology said BNSF Railway worked quickly to contain a diesel spill on tracks near the Pasco and McNary dam near the Columbia River. BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas said a ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Glendive Public Works employees discovered diesel fuel in the city’s wastewater system near the ...

Progress Rail (a Caterpillar Company) announced on Sept. 23 that it is supplying up to four EMD® Joule battery electric locomotives to BNSF Railway (BNSF). Supported in part by grant funding, the ...

BNSF is partnering with Wabtec on a biofuels pilot “aimed at quantifying the impact of alternative fuels on emissions, durability and performance in Wabtec locomotives,” Wabtec reported on March 9.

Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series that will appear in coming weeks about whether trains serving the proposed Millennium Bulk Terminals coal terminal will increase cancer risks.