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State sues BNSF to cover some MT rail costs

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Attorneys for Montana have filed a lawsuit against BNSF Railway Company, accusing it of failing to live up to a 1984 agreement that the state says requires the company to pay some grain shipping costs in central Montana. Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock filed the suit on Nov. 10 in Fergus County, saying BNSF was in effect seeking to create a monopoly in central Montana. The suit asks a state judge to force BNSF to resume the payments and also cover any damages. BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas said Tuesday that he could not comment before consulting with the company's attorneys. The case's origins are ... Read Full Story

BNSF Runs the Ethanol Express

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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad moves a lot of ethanol. With major track ownership in the US midwest, BNSF is a prime mover of corn and corn related products. Unit trains of ethanol move to market regularly with BNSF operating a key unit train to Dallas called the Ethanol Express. Warren Buffet has invested a lot of money in BNSF as well as other railroad assets such as Union Tank Car. (UTLX). BNSF Expands Ethanol Express to Dallas/Fort Worth FORT WORTH, Texas and OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Oct. 9, 2008: BNSF Railway Co. today announced that it will begin delivering unit trains to Musket Corporation's ... Read Full Story

Railroads..... "Green"

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For those looking for "green investments", the answer may just be rolling through cities and towns all over America. For instance, Burlington Norhthern recently announced: BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) today announced that it has developed a new tool that allows shippers to quantify the amount of carbon emissions that can be saved for those route segments on rail instead of over the road. Overall, shipping by BNSF can save Americans an average of 200 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions per American per year, which is the equivalent of planting 37 trees for each person living in the United States. "Earlier this year, BNSF provided ... Read Full Story

POET facilities earn safety award

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BNSF Railway Company recognizes eight plants for records of safe transport POET's safety record in 2008 has earned recognition from BNSF Railway Company. POET has received the BNSF's Annual Product Stewardship Award for 2008. The award is presented to shippers who transported a minimum of 500 loaded tank cars of hazardous materials during the previous year with zero non-accident releases (releases that are not caused by a derailment or collision) during the entire transportation cycle. "We are proud that our partnership with BNSF has helped keep transport of ethanol safe and efficient," POET CEO Jeff Broin said. "These POET plants work hard to ensure ... Read Full Story

BNSF Announces Expansion of Mileage-Based Fuel Surcharge Program

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FORT WORTH, TX - BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) announced yesterday that it will extend its mileage-based fuel surcharge program to carload (Agricultural Products, Coal, Industrial Products and Automotive) customers who do not currently pay a mileage-based fuel surcharge beginning Jan. 15, 2009, and to intermodal customers beginning Feb. 18, 2009. Changes for carload customers will be phased in as current pricing authorities expire. BNSF established its mileage-based fuel surcharge program in 2006 as the most direct and accurate method of reflecting the impact of fuel price changes on BNSF and its customers. The Highway Diesel Fuel (HDF) price at which BNSF will assess a ... Read Full Story
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A speeding NS / BNSF Railway empty unit coal train speeding past the Metra...
I took this photo after work one Springtime afternoon, in May of 2007. A westbound BNSF Railway empty unit coal train led by a borrowed Norfolk Southern Railroad diesel locomotive, speeds past the historic Stone Avenue Metra commuter rail station in west suburban La Grange Illinois.  
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Market Wire - BNSF Statement on State of Montana Lawsuit on Shortline Rail...
November 18, 2009 -- BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) today issued the following statement regarding the lawsuit filed by the State of Montana over BNSF's 1984 settlement...  
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An eastbound BNSF Railway freight train crossing Prairie Avenue on a rainy...
Railroads operate 24 hours a day and seven days a week in all kinds of weather. I took this photo looking south toward the Prairie Avenue railroad crossing in west suburban Brookfield Illinois. In this view of trains in the rain, this eastbound BNSF Railway freight train, passes through Brookfield Illinois during a very cold and rainy November morning in 2007. The normally dirty and oxidized train cars, are glistening in a shiny coat of rain...  
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Westbound BNSF Railway container train passing through Hayford Junction...
I took this photo after work one evening, in March of 2007. Seen here passing through the crosstracks at Hayford Junction, is a westbound BNSF Railway intermodal container train. This train is traveling over the Belt Railway of Chicago tracks enroute to BRC's nearby Clearing Yard facility in southwest suburban Bedford Park Illinois. Hayford Junction is located at West 75th Street and South Central Park Avenue in Chicago's Ashburn neighborhood.  
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Eastbound CSX intermodal train. Western Springs Illinois USA. September 2006.
I took this photo after work one evening around sunset, in September of 2006.An eastbound CSX Transportation Company intermodal train, speeds through west suburban Western Springs Illinois over the BNSF Railway three track Chicago to Aurora mainline.  
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