BNSF freight train derailments: 5,000 gallons of diesel spilled in Anacortes, Washington hours after corn syrup spillage in Topock, Arizona

Two BNSF freight trains derailed within hours. Around midnight in Anacortes, Washington, over 5,000 gallons of diesel spilled after two of his locomotives, each capable of carrying 3,500 gallons of fuel, overturned. On Wednesday, a train carrying corn syrup derailed near Topok in western Arizona, near the California border. “BNSF Rail can confirm that a […]

Trains derail in Arizona and Washington, with oil spilled on Puget Sound tribal land

ANACORTES, Wash. — Two BNSF trains derailed on Thursday in separate incidents in Arizona and Washington, the latter spilling diesel fuel on tribal lands along Puget Sound. No injuries have been reported. The cause of either derailment was not clear. The derailment in Washington occurred on an embankment along Padilla Bay on the Swinomish Tribal […]