Governor tours BNSF

Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com

Gov. Brian Schweitzer heard about operations and improvements at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail yards in Havre Thursday, as he toured the yards on an update about BNSF's recovery of hundreds of thousands of gallons of diesel spilled in the yards over decades of use in the 1900s. Schweitzer joked at the beginning of the tour that as he came into Havre, he saw evidence of the railroad's increased efficiency the price of diesel has finally dropped below the price of gasoline, he said. “The big dog's not using as...