At every point in the grain transportation process, you’ll find a BNSF employee who is proud to be a part of delivering one of our nation’s most critical goods to people across the world. For over 170 years, we’ve partnered with American grain producers to develop innovations that make the U.S. farming supply chain as…
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Before the start of the new school year, BNSF employees from the Spokane/Hauser Terminal spent an afternoon filling backpacks with school supplies for children in need. Over the course of an afternoon, 20 BNSF employees filled 26 backpacks. Each backpack was filled with traditional school supplies such as notebooks, binders, highlighters and pencils, but volunteers…
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In August, BNSF teamed up with the Spokane Police Department and other local first responders for a day of training. The attendees learned about rail safety and methods for addressing an emergency response on or near the rails. What really seemed to stand out during the training day was the “hands on orientation” of the…
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Keep Washington Competitive, a coalition of representatives from trade organizations, wrote an open letter explaining why they are opposed to a ballot measure that the Spokane City Council just approved for the fall election. Below are portions of that letter and we encourage you to read the full article linked below: Contrary to federal law…
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Matthew Lebsack is the chairman of the Spokane Local 1505 SMART-TD Union. In this op-ed for the Journal of Spokane Business, he writes about the future of Spokane and why the reversal of the City Council’s ordinance was so important. An excerpt: Our city can directly trace its development from the growth of the rail…
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At The Hill, former National Transportation Safety Board Managing Director Peter Goelz explains why the Spokane City Council’s proposed ordinance sets a dangerous precedent: Rail Safety Remains Strong Railroads moved more than 528,000 carloads and intermodal units of goods in the week ending July 23. Down 5.3 percent year over year, the numbers are still…
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A proposed ordinance by the Spokane City Council would make rail transport of oil and coal illegal within the city. The measure prompted a response from the group Keep Washington Competitive, who warned that the Spokane City Council’s proposal would severely hurt local jobs. An excerpt: “Rail is the lifeblood for our members, who depend…
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