The Port of Benton in Washington state will fund improvements to its Southern Connection industrial rail line from Columbia Center Blvd. in Kennewick to Horn Rapids Road in Richland using a $9.56 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
BNSF is committed to deploying cutting-edge technologies to enhance our operations and better serve our customers. Artificial intelligence (AI) is proving to be transformational, driving efficiency, reliability, and safety across our network. We’re pioneering new methods to harness vast amounts of data generated by our trains, tracks, and equipment, and use that data to take service to a new level.
Freight train length has been a growing topic of discussion, and concerns about the safety risks of running longer trains have captured the attention of policy makers and the public.
BNSF intermodal operating metrics for the week ending Dec. 31. 3, 2025 declined, but the railroad said they “are showing signs of recovery, returning to pre-holiday levels with significant improvements in velocity
Subsidiaries of Pittsburg, Kans.-based Watco and Jacksonville, Fla.-based Patriot Rail reach safety milestones. Also, Genesee & Wyoming’s (G&W) Heart of Georgia Railroad property celebrates its “silver” anniversary.
One of CSX Santa Train’s first female managers of train operations returns to keep the tradition going. Also, a new fully electric crane joins Norfolk Southern’s (NS) fleet at its Austell Intermodal Terminal in Georgia; and Union Pacific (UP) is named one of the 50 best companies for Latinas to work for in the U.S. by LATINA Style, Inc.
Train and engine service workers from Patriot Rail’s Utah Central Railway (UCRY) have voted unanimously to join the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen (BLET) in an election certified by the National Mediation Board,
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Dec. 20 extended the Class I’s employment-data reporting through Dec. 31, 2025, but is reducing the collection scope. On April 26-27, 2022, the STB held a public hearing
Norfolk Southern (NS) distributes grants to East Palestine organizations, joins Amtrak to deliver holiday cheer across New York’s Capital Region, and announces a Conway Car Shop team milestone. Also, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) recognizes customers for safe shipping; and BNSF maintains a door-to-door service rate of more than 95% for its over-the-road converted traffic through Quantum.
BNSF, in partnership with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), announced Dec. 18 that members of the labor union have voted to ratify a new five-year collective bargaining agreement with the Class I, giving covered employees “certainty about upcoming enhancements to their pay, healthcare, and vacation.”