BNSF Railway accidents and incidents

BNSF Railway is one of the largest railroad companies in North America. A number of accidents and incidents have occurred on the railway since its inception in 1996.

Accidents

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2015

Incidents

References

  1. "Metrolink/BNSF Collision". TrainWeb. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  2. National Transportation Safety Board (October 7, 2003). "Collision of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Freight Train With Metrolink Passenger Train". Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  3. National Transportation Safety Board (June 13, 2006). "Collision Between Two BNSF Railway Company Freight Trains". Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  4. National Transportation Safety Board (July 6, 2006). "Collision of Union Pacific Railroad Train MHOTU-23 With BNSF Railway Company Train MEAP-TUL-126-D With Subsequent Derailment and Hazardous Materials Release". Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  5. "Collision ties up UP-BNSF diamonds at Rochelle, Ill.". Trains News Wire. March 14, 2005. Retrieved March 15, 2005.
  6. two freight trains collide head-on. YouTube. June 3, 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
  7. Eberly, Tim; McCarthy, Charles (June 15, 2006). "Madera Train Wreck Injures 5: Railroad Crew Workers Jump From Locomotives; Cause of Crash Not Revealed.". Fresno Bee. Retrieved January 8, 2009.
  8. National Transportation Safety Board (December 5, 2008). "BNSF Railway Company Remote Control Locomotive Switching Operation Fatality". Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  9. "Derailment Spills Acid, Residents Flee". Associated Press. October 29, 2007. Retrieved November 8, 2007.
  10. National Transportation Safety Board (April 13, 2011). "Collision of Metrolink Passenger Train and BNSF Freight Train". Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  11. "Train derails along 287 11/23/08". Amarillo Globe-News. November 23, 2008. Retrieved January 15, 2009.
  12. Lemmon, Dustin (December 1, 2010). "Driver sues BNSF Railiway for 2008 train accident". Quad-City Times. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  13. National Transportation Safety Board (March 31, 2012). "Derailment of BNSF Freight Train with Employee Fatality". Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  14. National Transportation Safety Board (March 29, 2012). "Railroad grade crossing accident between a Chevrolet Suburban and a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) freight train". Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  15. National Transportation Safety Board (April 24, 2012). "Collision of BNSF Coal Train With the Rear End of Standing BNSF Maintenance-of-Way Equipment Train". Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  16. National Transportation Safety Board (June 25, 2014). "Employee Fatality, BNSF Argentine Yard". Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  17. National Transportation Safety Board (August 30, 2013). "BNSF Railway Employee Struck by Moving Railroad Equipment". Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  18. "Freight train hits semi on Montana Hi-Line". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. January 17, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
  19. Sam Hartle (July 21, 2012). "Two hurt in Missouri train derailment". KSHB-TV. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  20. "Mudslide derails freight cars, disrupting rail traffic". The Herald, Everett.
  21. "Mudslide derails BNSF train near Everett". KOMO News.
  22. National Transportation Safety Board (November 17, 2014). "Collision of Union Pacific Railroad Freight Train with BNSF Railway Freight Train". Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  23. "BNSF and NTSB open investigation into 3-train crash in Amarillo". NewsChannel 10. September 26, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  24. National Transportation Safety Board (December 1, 2014). "Collision of BNSF Railway Company and Union Pacific Railroad Trains Near Keithville, Louisiana". Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  25. Shaffer, David; Ramstad, Evan (January 23, 2014). "NTSB: 400,000 gallons of crude spilled in N.D. train wreck". Star Tribune. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  26. National Transportation Safety Board (April 7, 2014). "Safety Recommendation Letter R-14-010" (PDF). Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  27. "Mudslides, derailment disrupt train service". KIRO-TV. January 13, 2014.
  28. "Train derailment impacts Amtrak passengers’ trip". Minot Daily News. January 17, 2014.
  29. "18 empty train cars derail in St. Louis train yard". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. January 22, 2014.
  30. "BNSF Train Derailment Threatens to Delay Bakken Oil Deliveries". Bloomberg News. January 24, 2014.
  31. "Railway now says 21 cars derailed from oil train in Illnois". Yahoo! News. March 6, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  32. "Dispatcher walkout snarls BNSF". Trains NewsWire. March 3, 2005. Retrieved March 10, 2005.
  33. BNSF Railway (August 31, 2005). "BNSF Today: Hurricane-Damaged Line Expected to Open Thursday". Retrieved September 1, 2005.
  34. "High winds wreak havoc in Western Washington; Passenger rail service shut down". Altamont Press. February 6, 2006. Retrieved February 6, 2006.
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