By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Pending government approvals, BNSF Railway plans to move forward with a second bridge across Lake Pend Oreille. Company officials announced this week that design and engineering for the project...
By Cate Huisman Reader Contributor A year ago in these pages, I wrote about a hearing in Spokane at which hundreds of inland Northwest residents protested the proposed construction of an “energy distribution terminal”...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff BNSF Railway has agreed to investigate car covers for coal transportation, addressing a longtime complaint of local environmental and conservation groups. Company officials announced this week that they had...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Sandpoint Amtrak Train Depot turns 100 years old this month. I’ve got to say: For a century old, she still looks pretty good, although there was some extensive...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A little preparation goes a long way if the worst should happen. And for Sandpoint, “the worst” isn’t a huge exaggeration when it comes to a severe oil...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Locals worried about an expansion of oil and coal train traffic can breath a sigh of relief on at least one count: BNSF Railway has backed off on its...
Yet another oil train derailment—this one in northeastern Montana—has Sandpoint officials on edge even as they continue working on a local oil derailment emergency response plan. The Associated Press reports that the BNSF Railway...
