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BNSF - Coverage from 2022 on Progressive Railroading
Freight News
- New intermodal facility opens in Oregon
- Inslee budget proposes funding for Connell Rail Interchange
- WSDOT awards grant for Spokane Valley grade separation project
- BNSF trains start using new Sandpoint Connector Bridge
- Los Angeles port volumes softened in October
- Long Beach port logs cargo movement slowdown
- BNSF adds four locations to Certified Sites program
- Intermodal container yard coming to northern Illinois short line
- Illinois, Ohio commissions approve grade crossing upgrades
- BNSF's revenue rose, income and volume fell in Q3
- NARBW elects Carmouche president
- BNSF's Taylor takes home AAR's top environmental professional award
- Watco completes expansion, upgrades at Texas terminal
- Coast Guard releases final environmental analysis of BNSF's proposed North Dakota bridge project
- STB sets hearing on Amtrak Gulf Coast service; extends Class I reporting period
- ASLRRA honors Pacific Harbor Line with President's Safety Award
- BNSF Logistics taps Misch as interim president
- Illinois panel OKs safety improvements at NS, BNSF grade crossings
- Train dispatchers ratify labor pact; BLET ratifies agreements with BNSF
- BNSF to build $1.5B rail complex in Southern California
- Progress Rail to provide BNSF with zero-exhaust emission locomotives
- Mulligan to succeed the retiring Nober as BNSF's chief legal officer
- Class Is log U.S. employment surge for August
- NTSB: Coal train derailed after towing vessel crew misread chart
- BNSF Salmon Bay Bridge project awarded INFRA grant
- Class Is enact plans for possible strike; IAM members vote down tentative agreement
- Rail supplier news from VLS, Trinity and Nordic (Sept. 9)
- STB: Five Class Is were 'revenue adequate' in 2021
- BLET members to vote on BNSF-Montana Rail Link pacts
- BNSF honors customers for sustainability efforts
- BNSF to lift California permit embargo next month
- CAGTC members win RAISE funding for port, rail projects
- Q2 a mixed bag for BNSF with higher revenue, lower volume
- BNSF opens new Tacoma intermodal facility
- NTSB issues preliminary report on Amtrak derailment in Missouri
- Construction begins on future rail-served commerce center at Little Rock port
- BNSF honors top safety employees of 2021
- Developers acquire CMC Railroad, Houston logistics park
- Congestion prompts BNSF to limit certain California-bound shipments
- USDA, Port of Houston partner to ease congestion for ag shippers
- STB orders four Class Is to provide more detailed service recovery plans
- San Bernardino council clears BNSF intermodal project's environmental report
- L.A. Metro begins Rosecrans/Marquardt grade separation project
- BNSF attendance policy tweaks are not enough, rail union leader says
- STB to require railroads to report more rail-service, employment data
- BNSF reports higher revenue, profit, expenses in Q1
- STB sets agenda for freight-rail service hearing
- BLET, Montana Rail reach tentative agreement
- TTD asks STB to act on rail service problems
- STB sets hearing to address rail service complaints
- BNSF CEO Farmer responds to NGFA service complaints; Sen. Capito asks STB to address rail-car shortage
- Focus Equities to develop CentrePort Canada Rail Park in Manitoba
- Rail unions to pursue arbitration in BNSF attendance policy dispute
- TNW, Port of Victoria to develop Texas logistics hub
- BNSF, J.B. Hunt launch effort to improve intermodal capacity
- BNSF, Wabtec launch biofuels pilot project
- Rail unions launch petition drive on attendance policies
- HDR to study feasibility of freight-rail line in New Mexico
- BNSF reports 2021 economic development results
- Five Class Is to STB: CP-KCS merger would harm competition
- BNSF budgets $3.6B for capex projects in 2022
- BNSF posts record earnings for 2021
- Rail unions consider appeal of court ruling on BNSF attendance policy
- BNSF to serve South Dakota seed processing plant
- STB issues environmental study scope for CP-KCS merger
- NS taps BNSF's Duncan to become VP of network planning, operations
- BNSF Logistics recognizes supplier excellence for 2021
- Patriot Rail, California county agree to form new rail district
- Soybean plant to locate near Class I, Nebraska Central rail lines
- BNSF earns high rating among 'best places to work' for LGBTQ+ equality
- Patriot Rail names Sexhus president, COO
- Washington state panel OKs grant for grade crossing upgrade
- NTSB highlights need for better rail-worker safety
- BNSF to take over Montana Rail Link as lease ends
Transit News
- Construction begins on San Clemente track stabilization project
- California seeks applications for freight-rail, port project funding
- CHSRA advances Kings County construction; applies for more federal funds
- DCTA elevates Cristina from interim role to president, CEO
- Strike averted: Amtrak to restore long-distance trips
- Dueling lawsuits filed over Amtrak train derailment
- California High-Speed Rail Authority completes grade separation project
- RTD hires HDR to study possible peak service schedule in northwest Denver