Commentary

• March 30, 2026
• Class I

BNSF: Investment in Galesburg Yard to Boost Efficiency, Support Growth

BNSF’s $3.6 billion capital investment plan for 2026 will help us modernize infrastructure and enhance capacity across our 32,500-mile network. A key part of that plan is a major improvement project underway in Galesburg, Ill., a location central to BNSF operations since the 1850s. Located about 200 miles

Commentary

• February 12, 2026
• Class I

Delivering on Our Service Promise: 2025 One of BNSF’s Best Years

Thanks to two focus areas – dwell reduction and velocity increases – and our operating teams’ commitment, 2025 was one of BNSF’s best in service. Here’s how we did it and what a few of our customers have to say about our progress.

Commentary

• September 24, 2025
• Class I

BNSF Intermodal: We’re Going Where Markets Are Growing

Current population data shows the fastest-growing areas in the U.S. are concentrated in the South and West. As cities in these regions grow, so does the need for more goods, which BNSF brings on intermodal trains with its trucking partners.

Commentary

• September 12, 2025
• Class I

BNSF’s Intermodal Container ‘Matchmaking’ Program a Win-Win-Win

Shipping containers come from overseas to U.S. ports every day loaded full of imports like electronics, toys, footwear, clothes – just about anything you can buy in big box stores. But what happens to those containers once they’re unloaded from trains or trucks? Most are transported back to the port empty, reducing efficiency and increasing costs.

Commentary

• September 11, 2025
• Class I

We’ve Got This: BNSF Ready to Support Agricultural Producers for Successful Harvest

BNSF’s longstanding partnership with America’s farmers is central to our heritage. It’s a commitment we take very seriously and have for more than 170 years. That’s why we move more agricultural products than any other railroad.

Commentary

• November 21, 2024
• Class I

Twice as Nice: BNSF’s Southern Transcon Route Gets Closer to Being Fully Multi-Tracked

With the holidays ahead, BNSF just delivered a big present to customers, especially those with intermodal loads filled with wish-list goodies moving on our Southern Transcon. We officially unwrapped this “gift” on Monday, Nov. 18, when the last 3.5 of about 51 miles of new double track were officially cut over on BNSF’s Emporia Subdivision.

Commentary

• August 02, 2024
• Class I

Alliance Intermodal Facility: Celebrating 30 Years of Growth

1994 was a pivotal year for the global supply chain as NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, took effect. It was also when Amazon was founded and the World Wide Web became easily accessible to the average person.

• April 03, 2024
• Class I

Navajo Nation’s Plight Leads to Water-By-Rail Solution

In the arid high desert of New Mexico, water is an increasingly rare commodity, especially in the eastern Navajo Nation, where many homes on the reservation have no running water. A pipeline