Railroad Anxiety – Burlington Northern Sante Fe is up to something.

The railroad giant has approached property owners in Whitefish and Somers, offering to buy their land. No one knows why, exactly, not even those who have been asked to sell. And BNSF http://www.bnsf.com/ isn’t talking – leaving entire neighborhoods apprehensive about what their backyards may soon look like.

In Somers, several people living along the intersection of Pickleville and Somers roads have received inquiries about selling. They own homes next to the old railroad tie plant, where chemicals used to treat ties contaminated a 14-acre parcel where the plant once stood.

By Kellyn Brown

Full Story: http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/railroad_anxiety/9812/