On April 13, 1983, a miscommunication between train crews led to a fatal Burlington Northern train car derailment. A 111-car train and four locomotives barreled into the back of a parked train, ...
It is not yet known how fast the northbound coal train was going when it slammed into the rear of *** second coal train stopped just south of Pacific Junction to change crews. The wrenching collision ...
In the 1980s, global positioning via satellite was still in its infancy. Burlington Northern tested the technology on a freight line between Superior and Grand Rapids. Burlington Northern locomotive ...