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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Coal Train Ban Is Gaining Steam in Bellingham

    Coal is anything but king in Bellingham, though it sure is the talk of the town these days. A new citizens group has sprung to life, a political action committee called No Coal!, which is bound and determined to ban coal trains from the largest city in Whatcom County.

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Woman Killed on Train Tracks in Seattle, Possibly While Holding Pipe Bomb

    ​Details are still few on this one, but what we have so far is that an unidentified woman was killed on the train tracks near Carkeek Park in Seattle a few hours ago. And after she was struck, a "pipe-bomb-like device with a fuse" was found near her body. That's the fourth train-pedestrian fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Port Of Seattle's Bungled Math Costs $4 Million; Hey, That's Not Bad!

    ​The state auditor's office today released its second major audit in five years of the Port of Seattle. The good news: The audit is nowhere near as scathing as the first, a 334-page tome on the Port's construction projects that found that the agency broke the law and wasted nearly $100 million ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Cyclists' South Lake Union Streetcar Suit Like a Salmon Suing the Sahara For Lack of Water

    What this cyclist's touching is what many of his kind are.​A handful of bicyclists who've been injured as a result of wiping out on South Lake Union streetcar tracks are suing the city for willfully designing streetcar tracks that are unsafe for cyclists. In related news, Burlington Northern ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Warren Buffett, the Second-Richest Man in the World, Buys Up a Big Piece of the Richest Man's Home Turf

    ​Warren Buffett, the multi-billionaire investor, has just made what he calls an "all-in wager on the economic future of the United States." And Seattle accounts for a lot of those chips. Buffett today became the proud owner of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., the biggest rail company in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    It's Not Like South Seattle Needed Another Mess to Clean Up: Train Spills 1,000 Gallons of Diesel

    ​Already home to a number of Superfund sites, South Seattle didn't really need a 1,000 gallon diesel spill. But that's what it got today, coming off of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train at the 44 block of S. Hanford St. The spill occurred when two train cars mysteriously rolled down the tra ... More >>

  • News

    June 24, 2009

    Stay On the Trail, Off the Tracks

    Fog and trains could move in at any time.

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    How to Avoid Getting Hit By a Train: Don't Hang Out on Fucking Train Tracks

    Oftentimes, when tragedies occur, there are few easy answers. But this weekend's local tragi-ledger offered up two cases with seemingly clear-cut solutions. The first situation involved a 22-year-old Eagle Scout, Mark Albrecht, who went missing for several days after embarking upon a solo hike in ... More >>

  • News

    November 26, 2008

    Is Sims Already Gone?

    The county executive insists he’s up for another four years atop a county in crisis. But some say his head’s in the clouds.

  • News

    June 20, 2007

    Is Georgetown About to Get Trashed?

    Residents of the working-class, South End neighborhood say they've been dumped on enough.

  • News

    June 20, 2007

    Watchdog Accuses the State of Building Paul Allen’s Seahawks a $39 Million Driveway

    Is this another public gift, or a necessary safety precaution for pedestrians crossing the railroad tracks?

  • News

    March 14, 2007

    Mellowing Maria

    Is Sen. Cantwell sweeter than advertised, as some insist, or will the governor's daughter feel her toxic wrath?

  • News

    November 1, 2006

    The Dangerous Lives of Train-Hoppin' Hobos

    For some people, seeing the country from a boxcar is the ultimate freedom. But as an October fatality indicates, it can come with a price. By Nina Shapiro

  • Arts

    February 22, 2006

    All Aboard

    Spirit of Washington Dinner Train says trails shouldn't displace rails, and other news.

  • Diversions

    October 26, 2005

    Working Stiff Drinks

    Raise a glass with the salt of the earth.

  • News

    December 3, 2003

    Monorail Roadkill

    It isn't easy being in the path of the Green Lineunless, of course, you've got business or governmental clout.

  • News

    November 19, 2003

    Biotech Land Rush

    A glut of development is planned in Seattle, Bothell, and Rentonenough to accommodate tens of thousands of life-science researchers and other 'knowledge' workers. Are there enough tenants to go around?

  • News

    November 12, 2003

    Charitable Confiscation

    Plans for the monorail complicate internal politics at nonprofit Northwest Center.

  • News

    July 9, 2003

    Transportation, Media, and Congress

    Plans for the monorail complicate internal politics at nonprofit Northwest Center.

  • News

    May 14, 2003

    Pier Pressure

    Cruise-ship protesters say the Port is denying them access to public property.

  • News

    May 8, 2002

    One more highway

    Cruise-ship protesters say the Port is denying them access to public property.

  • News

    November 14, 2001

    Sounder Logic?

    Sound Transit's other train faces questions over its cost and effectiveness.

  • News

    February 21, 2001

    What lies beneath

    The other underground tour reveals an ugly picture.

  • News

    May 24, 2000

    The little engine that can't

    Seattle's most neglected landmark, King Street Station, sits crumbling in the middle of downtown's boom.

  • News

    September 15, 1999

    Headin' south

    New school headquarters is blasted as inaccessible and unnecessary.

  • News

    January 6, 1999

    Year of the council

    New school headquarters is blasted as inaccessible and unnecessary.

  • News

    December 9, 1998

    How it is

    New school headquarters is blasted as inaccessible and unnecessary.

  • News

    November 11, 1998

    The Ruckelshaus connection

    What does a former Nixon/Reagan cabinet member have in common with Seattle's corporate and political establishment? Plenty.

  • News

    October 21, 1998

    Development bedfellows?

    What does a former Nixon/Reagan cabinet member have in common with Seattle's corporate and political establishment? Plenty.

  • News

    September 2, 1998

    Cool runnings

    Look what Chris Bayley's got going for him in his Senate bid: money, style, experience. He's just running in the wrong decade.

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