HOUSTON - BNSF Railway Co. plans to buy its own fleet of up to 5,000 new crude oil tank cars with safety features that exceed the latest industry standards, said the company, a unit of investor Warren ...

BNSF Railway Co. is seeking bids to buy 5,000 oil tank cars with improved safety standards following a series of spills and explosions related to hauling crude by railroad. The request for bids will ...

MINOT, N.D. - BNSF Railway reopened its line southeast of Minot about 2:30 p.m. Monday after nine empty oil tanker cars derailed early Sunday. BNSF spokeswoman Amy McBeth said the derailment occurred ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — BNSF Railway Co. said it intends to buy a fleet of 5,000 strengthened tank cars to haul oil and ethanol in a move that would set a higher benchmark for safety within an industry ...

Four oil tanker cars, carrying Bakken crude oil, remained burning Wednesday after a fiery train derailment at 7:30 a.m. prompted the evacuation of a small Wells County town near the site of the blaze.

BISMARCK, N.D. — BNSF Railway resumed shipments Friday along a track in North Dakota two days after an oil train derailed and caught fire, and cleanup continued on crude that spilled into nearby ...

Accidental spills from rail tanker cars hauling crude oil have grown at what seems like an alarming rate over the past several years. In 2013, it was estimated that more than 1.1 million gallons of ...

NEW YORK/CALGARY, Nov 12 (Reuters) - BNSF Railroad, the Warren Buffett-owned firm that has benefited most from the North Dakota shale boom, has told some customers that they can't add new oil ...

The year 2013 has ended on a worrying note for oil producers in North America's Bakken region, as a series of recent train incidents in both Canada and the U.S. have highlighted the hazards of moving ...

The oil train came apart on the snowy tracks north of Bellingham shortly after the locomotive engineer got the mile-long chain of petroleum tanks on wheels under way. Half a mile behind the locomotive ...

U.S. District Court Judge Robert Lasnik on Monday ordered BNSF Railway to pay the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community just under $400 million for trespassing on the reservation. BNSF has operated a rail ...