BNSF Railway
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Modes
A tale of two cities: railroads address congestion in Chicago, Houston
Rail congestion in regions such as Chicago and Houston may have eased for now, but the railroads will still need…
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Company earnings
Warren Buffett open to precision railroading
Berkshire Hathway (NYSE: BRK) chairman and CEO Warren Buffett said he would be willing to consider some form of precision…
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News
Midwest flooding grinds rail service to a halt
Two major railroads have stopped freight service because of catastrophic flooding in the Midwest where rails are washed out.
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Green Trucking
Today’s Pickup: Government shutdown, e-truck market report
Plus: The optical communications supply chain, carriers reflag ships ahead of Brexit, and Massachusetts to tackle pot delivery
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News
The size of the BNSF v. J.B. Hunt intermodal battle has a price tag on it: $100 million
The dispute sheds light on the extraordinarily secretive process governing the intermodal agreement.
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Driver issues
J.B. Hunt hit with several financial settlements, and they’ll presumably talk about it next week
Most of the hit is coming from an arbitration award with BNSF. Its conference call with investors is a change…
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News
Coast-to-coast: CSX terminal in Ohio will have intermodal service from both LA and NY
BNSF will use the CSX system to haul intermodal freight from the LA/Long Beach port, and service on the CSX…
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Canada
Today’s pickup: BNSF’s performance, tariffs hitting order books, Old Dominion’s July
In today’s pickup: is there too much focus on OR? Also, Old Dominion had a solid July, and there’s a…
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Company earnings
BNSF’s second quarter OR comes in weakest of the class 1 railroads
The class 1 railroad owned by Berkshire Hathaway had the worst OR of any of the class 1 railroads for…
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Economics
BNSF and the future of coal
BNSF hauls more coal than any other railroad, but the future of American coal production and consumption is an open…
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