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BNSF train engineers offered paid sick time and better schedules in new deal

Roughly 7,500 BNSF train engineers may get up to eight days of paid sick time and more predictable schedules if they approve a deal with the railroad announced Tuesday

The Independent UK

Montana train derailment report renews calls for automated systems to detect track problems

The NTSB is renewing its calls for major freight railroads to equip every locomotive with automated track inspection devices that it believes could have prevented a 2021 train derailment that killed three people in Montana

The Independent UK

Judge orders Montana health clinic to pay nearly $6 million over false asbestos claims

A judge has ruled that a health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination must pay the government almost $6 million in penalties and damages after submitting hundreds of false asbestos claims

The Independent UK

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Train derailment in northern Montana spills freight, but hazmat car safe

A train derailment in northern Montana spilled freight and left 25 cars tangled up along a major east-west railroad corridor

The Independent UK

Health clinic in Montana Superfund town faces penalties for false asbestos claims

A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination faces millions of dollars in penalties after a jury found it submitted 337 false asbestos claims to the U.S. government

The Independent UK

Railroad says Superfund town's health clinic submitted false medical claims

A major railroad company is trying to convince a federal jury that a Montana clinic submitted hundreds of asbestos claims for people who weren’t sick and bilked taxpayer funds

The Independent UK

Federal board sides with Navajo coal company, says BNSF Railway must ship to Canadian port

A federal board has ordered BNSF Railway to transport at least 4.2 million tons of coal from a Montana mine to a port in Canada this year

The Independent UK

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Railroad industry sues to block new locomotive pollution rules in California

The railroad industry has sued to block new environmental rules in California

The Independent UK

Metra dreams big for Rock Island line’s future, but money’s an issue

As COVID funds are set to expire, Metra seeks ways to keep services attractive to a ridership increasingly different from the 9-to-5 Loop commuters that once formed its base.

Chicago Sun-Times

Trans woman says railroad passed her over after transition

A former BNSF worker who was named one of the railroad’s employees of the year in 2021 for her work in supporting LGBTQ+ workers is now suing the railroad where she worked for 30 years

The Independent UK

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Stock Is Taking Off

Berkshire Hathaway stock has been clobbering the broader market since the banking crisis set in.

Kiplinger

Engineers frustrated with rails even as others get sick time

Tens of thousands of engineers remain frustrated with the lack of paid sick time and the demands railroads like BNSF are making in negotiations despite the progress that has been made this year with sick time deals for most of the other rail unions

The Independent UK

BNSF tracks back in service after Wisconsin dedrailment

Officials say railroad tracks damaged after a BNSF Railway freight train derailed last week in southwestern Wisconsin have been repaired and returned to service

The Independent UK

US rail companies grant paid sick days after public pressure in win for unions

Leading railroads give four paid sick days after years in which workers weren’t allowed to call in sick the morning of their shift

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Freight train derails in Wisconsin, plunging 2 containers into the Mississippi River

A train carrying lithium-ion batteries, paint and oxygen containers — which can pose a threat to the environment — went off the tracks on Thursday. There's no risk currently, the rail operator says.

The Independent UK

Derailed train cars removed from river in Wisconsin

Authorities say crews have removed two rail cars from the Mississippi River after a freight train derailed in southwestern Wisconsin, leaving four railway employees with minor injuries

The Independent UK

Train derails in Wisconsin, sends 2 cars into river

A freight train has derailed in southwestern Wisconsin, possibly injuring one crew member

The Independent UK

Fractured rail found after fiery Minnesota derailment

Federal investigators say BNSF railroad is analyzing a section of fractured rail found after last month's fiery derailment that prompted evacuations in southwest Minnesota

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The Guardian - US

Rains bring California lake back from the dead: ‘We’re surrounded by water’

Tulare Lake was drained a century ago. Now locals fear flooding as agencies rush in sandbags and rebuild levees

The Independent UK

Cleanup begins after fiery Minnesota ethanol derailment

Workers have started removing contaminated soil and damaged railcars left behind after Thursday's fiery train derailment in southwest Minnesota

Tribune News Service

Train derails, catches fire in Raymond, Minn.; residents return home after middle-of the-night evacuation

RAYMOND, Minn. — Residents in this small west-central Minnesota town were woken in the middle of the night by first responders pounding on doors and cellphones warning them to evacuate after a train carrying ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire.

WEKU

A train carrying ethanol derails and catches fire in Minnesota, evacuation lifted

Twenty-two cars, including 10 carrying ethanol, derailed west of Minneapolis; four are on fire. The derailment's cause is under investigation.

Tribune News Service

Residents evacuated after train carrying ethanol derails, catches fire in Raymond, Minn.

MINNEAPOLIS — A BNSF train carrying ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire in the west-central Minnesota town of Raymond early Thursday, and residents living near the scene were being evacuated, the Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office said.

The Independent UK

Fiery train derailment in Minnesota prompts evacuations

Authorities say a train hauling ethanol and corn syrup has derailed and caught fire in Minnesota and nearby residents have been ordered to evacuate from their homes

Chicago Tribune

Moving hazardous chemicals by train is far safer than trucks, says top regulator who pushed merger and wants more freight moved by rail

Not even the toxic fireball over an Ohio derailment could shake Martin Oberman’s belief that railroads are a safer way to move hazardous chemicals, and most other freight, than long-haul trucks.

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