BROWNING, Mont. — Officials have confirmed that a BNSF Railway locomotive leaked up to 1,000 gallons of diesel while traveling through northern Montana this week. A BNSF train leaked the fuel between ...

It is a win-win and we hope to see additional diesel engines retrofitted with idle reduction technology throughout our area,” said Julie Oliver, director of Spokane Clean Air. BNSF says it has already ...

In a wide-ranging interview with Railway Age in December 2018, BNSF’s then-Executive Chairman Matt Rose had this to say about the future of locomotive propulsion technology: “We’ve got to look at ...

BISMARCK - As a North Dakota company prepares to fire up the state's first production facility for liquefied natural gas, the nation's largest railroad is pursuing a switch from diesel-powered to ...

Berkshire Hathaway’s (NYSE:BRK.A) locomotive division, BNSF Railway, one of the world’s biggest consumers of diesel, confirmed Wednesday that it will undergo a pilot this year where its freight trains ...

You gotta start somewhere. In this case, it’s the BNSF switchyard in Richmond, where the Richmond Pacific Railroad is testing the nation’s first “Tier 4” switch engine for certification. Tier 4 is a ...

A battery-powered locomotive, second from right, helps pull a BNSF train in California from Barstow to Stockton in a test this year. (TNS) — Colossal freight locomotives are a fixture of the American ...