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Bob Bainter, Manager of Operations and Safety Training, BNSF (Photograph Courtesy of BNSF)
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Umpire Finds Railroading Career Is Home Base

Bob Bainter is something of a rules guy. On the job with BNSF, he’s a manager of Operations and Safety Training based out of Cicero, Ill. He’s responsible for ensuring that Transportation employees—train crews, switch crews and others who handle trains and railcars—follow operating procedures for their and their coworkers’ safety.

BNSF, UP Earn Top Score on Corporate Equality Index

BNSF and Union Pacific (UP) have been recognized on the 2023-24 Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index—both scoring a 100/100 on LGBTQ+ equality in the workplace. The Corporate Equality Index is

USDOT Launches New Multimodal Freight Office

As part of the inaugural meeting of the White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience, President Biden and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on Nov. 27 announced the launch of the Office of Modal Freight Infrastructure and Police (Multimodal Freight Office) to “oversee the maintenance and improvement of the nation’s freight network and supply chains.”

CN and CPKC have been named to Mediacorp Canada Inc.’s 2024 list of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for the ninth and second consecutive years, respectively.

Class I Briefs: BNSF, CN/CPKC

BNSF’s Minot Gavin Yard team in North Dakota boosts new-hire training. Also, CN and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) are recognized as two of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2024.

Accepting BNSF’s Partnership of the Year Award from the Economic Development Council of Colorado were Lindsay Van Meter BNSF Regional Manager, Economic Development; David Polzin BNSF Director, Economic Development; and Ryan Dwiggins, JLL Manager, Economic Development. (BNSF Photograph)

Class I Briefs: BNSF, CPKC

BNSF earns a partnership award from the Economic Development Council of Colorado (EDCC). Also, the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) names the CPKC Women’s Open as the LPGA tournament of the year for the second straight year.

BNSF Adds Three Certified Sites

Three locations on the BNSF network—two in Iowa and one in Kansas—have been designated as Certified Sites, part of the Class I railroad’s Premier Parks, Sites and Transload Program, bringing the total

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