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• Rail yard cleanup option proposed

  October 11, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 One of Spokane’s oldest continuously operating industrial sites is slated for a $1.7 million cleanup aimed at keeping decades of fuel spills from reaching the aquifer. BNSF Railway Co.’s rail …

• Man hospitalized after collision with train

  August 14, 2011 in Idaho A train smashed into an off-roading sport utility vehicle east of Rathdrum, Idaho, flipping the car and ejecting the driver.

• Caldwell: China wants to keep coal trains running on time

  January 16, 2011 in Business on Page E1 Spokane is halfway to the millennium. That may not be a good thing. 12

• Icy weather blamed for rail delays, closings

  January 2, 2011 in City on Page B1 A Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman said icy weather backed up trains on New Year’s Day and forced it to halt Amtrak service on its tracks across Montana and North …

• BNSF resists more aquifer funding

  December 22, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A8 Each year, BNSF Railway Co. pays about $100,000 for programs that protect the Spokane Valley/Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer. The money is funneled through the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, where it …

• Old rail cars become fire and rescue training tool

  December 20, 2010 in City on Page A1 Kootenai County Fire and Rescue in Post Falls is upgrading its training facility with the help of the railroad. On Sunday, a construction contractor and the fire department moved two … 2

• Comment sought on rail yard cleanup

  September 23, 2010 in City on Page A6 The public can weigh in on a proposed cleanup of a rail yard along Trent Avenue through Oct. 4.

• Firefighters have railroad tie fire under control

  September 1, 2010 in City The Spokane Fire Department has a fire in the BNSF Railway yard under control. The fire started in some railroad ties on BNSF’s Yardley yard east of Havana, north of … 1

• Train derailment repair deadline set

  June 10, 2010 in City on Page A7 Repairs to parts of State Route 231 at Edwall that were damaged in a train derailment last week will not be completed until Friday, the Washington State Patrol reported.

• Rail uncertainty

  March 25, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 In the past 10 years nothing has been done about railroad crossings in Otis Orchards that have no crossing arms or signals, in spite of increasing road traffic and several … 2

• Warren Buffet buys railroad for $34 billion

  November 4, 2009 in Business on Page A12 NEW YORK – The biggest name in investing is making what he calls an “all-in wager” on the U.S. economy – $34 billion to own a railroad that hauls everything …

• Police focusing today on rail crossing violations

  October 27, 2009 in City Spokane police are teaming up today with enforcement officers from the Union Pacific and BNSF railroads for an enforcement campaign along rail crossings in northeast Spokane. 9

• BNSF train strikes, kills man in Spokane Valley

  September 1, 2009 in City Spokane Valley police are investigating the death of a 38-year-old man who was struck by a train early this morning along the BNSF Railway line in the vicinity of Park … 8

• Racists see opportunity for growth

  July 19, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 Supremacist Richard Butler is dead and his compound bulldozed. But that doesn’t mean racism in this region or country has vamoosed, too. In fact, the Southern Poverty Law Center reports …

• New trail segment OK’d

  July 1, 2009 in City on Page A6 A bike and pedestrian trail almost two decades in the making will see significant progress thanks to federal stimulus money accepted Monday night by the Spokane City Council. The 10-mile …

• Railroad bridge passes check

  October 10, 2008 in City on Page B2 A weight restriction has been lifted at the Larson Beach Road railroad bridge south of Loon Lake. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway placed the three-ton weight limit on the bridge …

• Bridge becomes roadblock

  September 25, 2008 in City on Page A1 Residents on the west side of Loon Lake were surprised to see the bridge that carries Larson Beach Road over BNSF railroad tracks posted with weight restrictions. The signs noting …