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Train Carrying Hazardous Chemicals Derails in Montana After Bridge Collapses

June 25, 2023
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A train carrying hazardous chemicals plunged into the Yellowstone River in eastern Montana after a bridge collapsed early Saturday morning. Officials said 10 cars belonging to Montana Rail Link (MRL) went into the river at around 6:45 a.m. Three cars reportedly were carrying hot asphalt and four others molten sulphur. Stillwater County Emergency Management reported…

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BNSF Train Derails in Washington State, Spilling Diesel Fuel

March 16, 2023
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ANACORTES, Wash.—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. There were no injuries reported. It wasn’t clear what caused either derailment. The derailment in Washington occurred on a berm along Padilla Bay, on the Swinomish tribal reservation…

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BNSF: Rail Accident Victims Should Have to Use Arbitration

September 22, 2022
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BNSF Railway Co. has asked a federal court to require victims of a deadly Amtrak crash in Missouri to pursue settlements through arbitration, rather than lawsuits. BNSF owns the railroad tracks used by Amtrak when a Southwest Chief train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago collided with a pickup truck that was blocking an intersection…

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Railroad Cargo Backups Threaten New Logjam: Los Angeles Port Chief

July 15, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Railroads and importers must remove cargo that is stacking up at the nation’s busiest seaport in Los Angeles to avoid exacerbating supply chain congestion, the port chief said on Wednesday. “We must take action on this issue immediately to avoid a nationwide logjam,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said on a…

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