COLUMBUS — COLUMBUS — A railroad worker died after being hit by a train in Columbus on Sunday, October 19, 2025. According to Columbus Fire Rescue Chief Rich Cowger, emergency crews responded to a report of a collision involving a train and a person around 9:40 a.m. The victim was later confirmed to be a BNSF conductor.

The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the death of a BNSF conductor struck by a train on Sunday (Oct. 19, 2025), the agency has announced. The fatality occurred about 9:40 a.m. in Columbus,

The project has been intensely controversial for years, and now a neighboring city council has voiced displeasure.

Surprise’s City Council approved a resolution to oppose BNSF Railway Co.’s planned multibillion-dollar rail hub northwest of Phoenix.

BNSF Railway and CSX are seeing immediate results from the interline domestic intermodal partnership that they announced in August linking the Southwest and Southeast. Over the past six weeks, CSX intermodal volume is up 8%,

Railroad operator BNSF said on Tuesday it had received a report of a train derailment in Scotland, South Dakota, that has disrupted operations on its main track. The derailed train was carrying grains,