BNSF

Railroads helped build the state we know today. Now, rail travel has all but disappeared in Montana, and many unused lines are going dormant or being abandoned. What happens to them next?

BNSF Railway is appealing a recent jury trial that awarded two families $4 million each for health issues stemming from asbestos contamination. The appeal has put another trial on hold.

A trial over whether BNSF Railway is liable for contaminating the Libby area with asbestos began Monday. Conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Monday over the agency's decision to deny endangered species protections for gray wolves in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.

State environmental officials are investigating after a BNSF locomotive leaked diesel fuel along a more than 60-mile stretch of track across northern Montana.

Nearly two dozen property owners near Paradise filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court alleging the River Road East Fire was started by a railcar. The fire burned a little over 17,000 acres near Paradise and destroyed around 15 homes in August.

A federal jury has found a Libby medical clinic guilty of falsifying medical records, allowing people to receive over $1 million in benefits for asbestos-related disease.

BNSF Railway is investigating an oil sheen in the Whitefish River near one of its railyards.

A train carrying lumber derailed Tuesday afternoon near Trego, north of Whitefish

5:45 p.m., 9/26/21: Gov. Gianforte says three people have died, five people remain hospitalized in stable condition and the rest of the roughly 150 passengers have been treated and released from area medical centers.

BNSF, one of the nation’s largest rail companies, is suing the Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD) in federal court for what it alleges is…