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A rail spur between a BNSF line and the park will be built in 2017.Photo – BNSF.com
A rail spur between a BNSF line and the park will be built in 2017.Photo – BNSF.com
New Mexico and local officials broke ground yesterday on the Central New Mexico Rail Park near Los Lunas.
Located near the BNSF Railway Co. network, the park will provide a major connection between Southern California and Chicago, Los Lunas and Bernalillo County officials said in a press release.
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American Crystal Sugar recently opened the facility on BNSF's network.Photo – bnsf.com
American Crystal Sugar recently opened the facility on BNSF's network.Photo – bnsf.com
BNSF Railway Co. will serve a new $40 million bulk-sugar storage facility on its network in Montgomery, Ill.
American Crystal Sugar recently opened the facility on BNSF's network. The facility includes a 26,000-square-foot storage dome, a 17,000 square-foot transfer facility and 5,500 feet of track space, according to a post on BNSF's website.
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Declining coal volumes, as well as weaker shipments of energy-related commodities, certain other industrial products categories and were factors in BNSF's resultsPhoto – BNSF.com
Declining coal volumes, as well as weaker shipments of energy-related commodities, certain other industrial products categories and were factors in BNSF's resultsPhoto – BNSF.com
BNSF Railway Co.'s third-quarter net income declined 12 percent to $1.02 billion and total revenue fell 8 percent to $5.2 billion compared with third-quarter 2015 results.
Declining coal volumes, as well as weaker shipments of energy-related commodities and certain other industrial products categories were factors in BNSF's results, according to the Class I's website.
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The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission has approved a $10,000 grant to make rail safety upgrades near a railroad crossing and track in King County, Wash.The grant was provided through the Grade Crossing Protective Fund at the request of the city of Auburn, Wash. BNSF Railway Co. owns the tracks involved in the project.The city requested $10,306 to extend safety fencing along the city's right-of-way at B Street NW to the West Main Street crossing in Auburn. Additional fencing will also be installed on the city's right-of-way on both sides of the railroad tracks at 2nd Street NW, just north of the West Main Street crossing. The track area involved has a history of four pedestrian and train incidents since 2007, including three fatalities, according to a commission press release.The fencing will be used to prevent pedestrians from walking on the track and direct them to the West Main Street crossing, which is equipped with active railroad warning devices. The upgrades must be completed by May 1, 2017. The city will provide ongoing maintenance of the fencing. Contact Progressive Railroading editorial staff. More News from 11/2/2016
The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission has approved a $10,000 grant to make rail safety upgrades near a railroad crossing and track in King County, Wash.The grant was provided through the Grade Crossing Protective Fund at the request of the city of Auburn, Wash. BNSF Railway Co. owns the tracks involved in the project.The city requested $10,306 to extend safety fencing along the city's right-of-way at B Street NW to the West Main Street crossing in Auburn. Additional fencing will also be installed on the city's right-of-way on both sides of the railroad tracks at 2nd Street NW, just north of the West Main Street crossing. The track area involved has a history of four pedestrian and train incidents since 2007, including three fatalities, according to a commission press release.The fencing will be used to prevent pedestrians from walking on the track and direct them to the West Main Street crossing, which is equipped with active railroad warning devices. The upgrades must be completed by May 1, 2017. The city will provide ongoing maintenance of the fencing. Contact Progressive Railroading editorial staff. More News from 11/2/2016
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BNSF Railway worked with CSX and two humanitarian organizations to move a trainload of relief supplies for hurricane survivors in Haiti. Photo – bnsfmedia.com
BNSF Railway worked with CSX and two humanitarian organizations to move a trainload of relief supplies for hurricane survivors in Haiti. Photo – bnsfmedia.com
[Editor's note: This story was updated at 3 p.m. Central time.]
BNSF Railway Co., CSX and Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) this week assisted two humanitarian organizations move a trainload of relief supplies for hurricane survivors in Haiti, according to a report on BNSF's website.
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BNSF Railway Co.'s net income fell 20 percent to $772 million and total revenue declined 15 percent to $4.6 billion in the second quarter compared with year-ago results, according to Berkshire Hathaway, the Class I's parent company.
BNSF's operating income in the quarter dropped 16 percent to nearly $1.5 billion, while operating expenses declined 14 percent to about $3 billion compared with second-quarter 2015 results.
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BNSF Railway Co. is appealing a judge's ruling against the Class I's proposal to build the Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) rail yard near the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
In March, a California judge determined that an environmental review of the SCIG was insufficient, and ordered the city of Los Angeles and the Board of Harbor Commissioners to set aside their approvals of the project.
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Two BNSF Railway Co. trains collided head-on in Panhandle, Texas, last month after one of the trains missed a stop signal, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced yesterday in a preliminary report.
Three crew members died when the eastbound and westbound trains collided at 8:21 a.m. June 28 in BNSF's Panhandle Subdivision. The collision caused the derailment of the locomotives and several cars from both trains, and resulted in a significant fire.
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