BNSF Railway Company

Attorneys for Montana have filed a lawsuit against BNSF Railway Company, accusing it of failing to live up to a 1984 agreement that the state says requires the company to pay some grain shipping costs in central Montana.Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock filed the suit on Nov. 10 in Fergus County, saying BNSF was in effect seeking to create a monopoly in central Montana.The suit asks a state judge to force BNSF to resume the payments and also cover any damages.BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas...Read Full Story

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad moves a lot of ethanol. With major track ownership in the US midwest, BNSF is a prime mover of corn and corn related products. Unit trains of ethanol move to market regularly with BNSF operating a key unit train to Dallas called the Ethanol Express. Warren Buffet has invested a lot of money in BNSF as well as other railroad assets such as Union Tank Car. (UTLX). BNSF Expands Ethanol Express to Dallas/Fort Worth FORT WORTH, Texas and OKLAHOMA CITY...Read Full Story

Print Email Published: 20-Oct-2010 BNSF Railway Company has selected TJ Lambrecht Construction and Walsh Construction as the primary civil contractor to construct its new intermodal facility southwest of Kansas City in Edgerton, Kansas. The Kansas Department of Transportation has announced that an agreement has been finalized for a $35 million grant to BNSF from the state’s Rail Assistance Program. BNSF’s new 443-acre intermodal facility will reportedly build upon the rail’s...Read Full Story

For a number of weeks, I’d heard rumors that Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway was planning to tear down the Havasu, a historic Harvey House railroad station, in the Route 66 town of Seligman, Ariz. I’d tried to get BNSF officials to confirm or deny it, to no avail. Today, BNSF media contact Lena Kent confirmed it, but it’s somewhat better news that I’d had expected: The Harvey House in Seligman eventually will be taken down however there is not a timeframe as to when that will happen. I...Read Full Story

FORT WORTH, TX - BNSF Railway Company says thank you to the nation's truck drivers this week by hosting events at its intermodal facilities in Fort Worth, Texas; Chicago and Willow Springs, Ill.; and San Bernardino and Los Angeles, Calif., in celebration of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. "Each year BNSF celebrates its partnership with trucking companies by showing the railway's appreciation for their drivers," says George Duggan, BNSF vice president, Domestic Intermodal. "Trucks...Read Full Story

For those looking for "green investments", the answer may just be rolling through cities and towns all over America.For instance, Burlington Norhthern recently announced:BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) today announced that it has developed a new tool that allows shippers to quantify the amount of carbon emissions that can be saved for those route segments on rail instead of over the road. Overall, shipping by BNSF can save Americans an average of 200 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions per...Read Full Story

FORT WORTH, TX - BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) announced yesterday that it will extend its mileage-based fuel surcharge program to carload (Agricultural Products, Coal, Industrial Products and Automotive) customers who do not currently pay a mileage-based fuel surcharge beginning Jan. 15, 2009, and to intermodal customers beginning Feb. 18, 2009. Changes for carload customers will be phased in as current pricing authorities expire. BNSF established its mileage-based fuel surcharge program in...Read Full Story

DALLAS LOGISTICS HUB MASTER-PLAN photo credit: Allen Group (http://www.dallaslogisticshub.com/thehub.aspx?id=85) SAN DIEGO - The Allen Group, a major developer of logistics parks and commercial properties throughout the United States, announced they have executed an agreement granting BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) the right to purchase land within the Dallas Logistics Hub as the next step in evaluating the possibility of a new intermodal facility at this location. The agreement was...Read Full Story

DALLAS LOGISTICS HUB MASTER-PLAN photo credit: Allen Group (http://www.dallaslogisticshub.com/thehub.aspx?id=85) SAN DIEGO - The Allen Group, a major developer of logistics parks and commercial properties throughout the United States, announced they have executed an agreement granting BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) the right to purchase land within the Dallas Logistics Hub as the next step in evaluating the possibility of a new intermodal facility at this location. The agreement was...Read Full Story

CHICAGO - FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAIL) announced today that it has delivered 162 electrically operated all-steel ballast cars to BNSF Railway from its railcar production facility in Johnstown, PA. These are the first ballast cars BNSF has acquired in over 20 years. They have higher capacity at 110 tons and feature a new technology operating system for the discharge doors. The cars are designed with a new electric, solar-powered activation system, whereby ballast can be...Read Full Story