BNSF Railway will begin testing a small number of locomotives using liquefied natural gas as an alternative fuel later this year, CEO Matthew K. Rose told an energy conference in Houston on Wednesday.

A railroader’s dedication doesn’t end when they retire; their connection to the industry lasts a lifetime. Sam Bailey, a retired Santa Fe and BNSF locomotive engineer, singlehandedly restored a ...

It is not yet known how fast the northbound coal train was going when it slammed into the rear of *** second coal train stopped just south of Pacific Junction to change crews. The wrenching collision ...

MARYSVILLE -- Crews were working through the night Monday to get three derailed Burlington Northern Santa Fe locomotives back on track and the rails cleared after an early morning collision between ...

SPOKANE – It’s every boy’s dream. Todd Havens runs his own railroad west of Spokane, driving a locomotive up and down a 4.9-mile stretch of track called the Geiger spur. The short line peels off the ...

General Electric and Caterpillar, the world's largest locomotive makers, are rushing to develop natural gas-powered models in a potential shift from diesel's six decades as the fuel for railroads.

Waving to the engineer in the cab of a passing locomotive is a tradition as old as railroading itself, but a wave at the cab of an engine working in one of the region's switching yards might go ...

General Electric Co. plans to open a locomotive plant employing more than 500 people in Fort Worth, Texas, the hometown of Warren Buffett's Burlington Northern Santa Fe, as demand rises for railroad ...

Two train engines were parked on the railroad at the corner of Front and Jefferson when I drove by. They had the words "Burlington Junction" painted on them. Were they part of the former Chicago ...