Home/American Shipper/BNSF’s Lanigan to retire American Shipper BNSF’s Lanigan to retire FreightWaves Staff · Monday, November 05, 2012 Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedInJohn Lanigan, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for BNSF Railway, will retire on Jan. 15 and be succeeded by Steve Bobb, vice president of coal, the company announced Friday.