Kansas City rail yards is the heart of the railroad. It is where major switching takes place to distribute rail cars throughout the country.

All the tanker cars that are submerged to some degree underwater are now leaking their contents. Caustic chemicals, as well as oil, are making their way to the waters of the Midwest.

March 20, 2019
By Mat Olberding

Historic flooding (click here) is causing huge headaches for both freight and passenger railroads in Nebraska and surrounding states.

BNSF Railway reopened its Alliance-to-Lincoln line Sunday night after it had been shut down for several days because of flooding in areas between Ravenna and Hazard and near Broken Bow.

BNSF spokesman Andy Williams said the line closed at Broken Bow on Wednesday and at Ravenna on Thursday.

Williams said there are other BNSF rail lines that are still affected, although he did not specify which ones.

Union Pacific also has seen several of its routes impacted by flooding, said Raquel Espinoza, a spokeswoman for the Omaha-based railroad....