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Freight Train Kills Pedestrian In Coal City: Victim, 40, Identified
COAL CITY — Grundy County Coroner John Callahan announced that a 40-year-old man from Coal City lost his life in the middle of the night when a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train struck him.
BNSF blames temp for derailment
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train derailment in Wayzata on June 30 was caused by a fluctuation in temperatures, according to Brian Sweeney, government affairs officer for BNSF. Sweeney ...
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BNSF Completes Long-awaited Conservation Plan to Offset Train-killed Grizzly Bears
In an effort to minimize the deadly risks to grizzly bears living along a 206-mile stretch of railroad tracks spanning ...
“We are just numbers around here”: BNSF railroaders denounce “slave labor” attendance policy
BNSF, one of the six Class I freight rail carriers, has unilaterally amended its already hated attendance policy to further ...
50 years ago: Train derailment spills peas, coal, lumber
NEWS FROM THE ISSUE OF APRIL 10, 2003 Dozens of teens and their parents crowded into the City Council meeting Monday to show their support for a skateboard and BMX park. They ...