BNSF achieved an all-time record production performance from its Chicago-based Corwith Intermodal Terminal in 2023, as well as an all-time departure record in its Los Angeles Hobart Intermodal Facility.
Railroading is a team effort, and since 1987, BNSF and Montana Rail Link (MRL) have been operating in collaboration across the Big Sky state and portions of Idaho and Washington. During the time that MRL leased and operated mainline tracks between Huntley, Montana, and Sandpoint, Idaho, our teams worked shoulder to shoulder to ensure strong outcomes for customers, employees and communities alike.
Following five days of closures at Eagle Pass and El Paso, Texas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Dec. 22 the reopening of these key international crossings, according to an Association of American Railroads (AAR) release.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle weaved mysteries as no other, with his protagonist detective, Sherlock Holmes, well-tuned to the significance (The Adventure of Silver Blaze) of a watchdog not barking when it should.
Over the past few weeks we’ve been observing and discussing the unanticipated strength in BNSF domestic intermodal volumes, which began in October, and how the operating team has handled it. We’re using
For the second time in four months, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has temporarily suspended operations at three U.S./Mexico international railway crossing bridges—two on Union Pacific and one on BNSF.
Green Eagle Railroad LLC (GER), a non-carrier subsidiary of Texas-based Puerto Verde Holdings (PVH), is seeking Surface Transportation Board (STB) approval to construct some 1.335 miles of new common carrier rail line in Maverick County, Tex., extending from the southern border of the United States and connecting to Union Pacific (UP) at approximately milepost 31 on the Eagle Pass Subdivision. GER, which also seeks operating authority, reported that it is developing the proposed line as an element of PVH’s proposed Puerto Verde Global Trade Bridge, which would “create a new trade corridor for freight rail and Commercial Motor Vehicles (‘CMV’) extending from the City of Eagle Pass to the U.S./Mexico border and then approximately 17.79 miles into the Mexican State of Coahuila.”
BNSF and Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC (NTEC) last month told the Surface Transportation Board (STB) that they had reached a settlement agreement to resolve their common carrier dispute. The STB on
Winter weather calls for a time to “stop, collaborate and listen”–as in “Ice Ice Baby” lyrics by rapper Vanilla Ice. This mindset is the same at BNSF. Colder temperatures have arrived across much of our network, and to maintain safe, efficient service throughout the season, our mechanical teams complete a special locomotive maintenance process known as winterization, which this year includes testing heat tape.
The “chug chug” of the steam locomotive is music to the ears of John Mobley, who is one of fewer than 100 people in the U.S. qualified to operate a steam locomotive.