BNSF asks to join suit over Washington state coal terminal
BNSF Railway is asking to join a lawsuit against Washington state officials who blocked plans to build a coal export terminal.
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Intermodal widens weekly lead
Shipments of containers and trailers posted healthy gains while commodity carloads were weaker from a year ago.
Three states get $635 million piece of BNSF capex pie
BNSF has allocated $635 million (19%) of its $3.3 billion 2018 capital investment program to its network in three states—Texas, Illinois and Oklahoma.
BNSF SoCal yard project headed to state Supreme Court
New York isn’t the only place with a problem getting a Gateway rail project built.
BNSF, MRL move 10,000th Boeing 737 fuselage
An aviation milestone has been achieved thanks to a half-century of railroad transport. Spirit AeroSystems announced on Feb. 14 that the 10,000th 737 fuselage had left its factory in Wichita, Kans., and was en route by rail to Boeing’s massive assembly plant in Renton, Wash.
Intermodal outpaces weekly carloads
The Association of American Railroads said U.S. rail traffic for the week ending February 10 was 519,545 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.6% from the same week a year ago.
BNSF sets capex plans in three states
BNSF Railway Co. has announced 2018 capital expenditure programs for its system in three states—Montana, Missouri and Kansas—totaling $385 million, roughly 12% of its system-wide $2.4 billion 2018 program.
BNSF plans $160M Washington state capex
BNSF Railway plans to spend $160 million in Washington state during 2018. The state capital plan is part of its larger $3.3 billion 2018 capital plan.
Record invest for BNSF rail freight development
BNSF Railway Company saw another record year – nearly $7.7 billion –worth of investment from customers served by freight rail in 2017.
BNSF joins blockchain alliance
BNSF Railway Company announced it recently became the first Class I railroad to join the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), comprising more than 200 freight transportation companies working to develop blockchain standards for the logistics industry and the supply chain as a whole.