BNSF

Which of the big seven railroad companies has a volume growth strategic plan to sync with J.B. Hunt?

Third-quarter revenue fell 14% year-over-year, parent company Berkshire Hathaway said. However, lower operating costs led BNSF to a sub-60 operating ratio.

Lower volumes blamed for the job reductions in Kansas.

Genuflecting toward Wall Street has symbolically become part of the North American Class 1 rail company culture.

Intermodal containers arrived this week at North Dakota’s first and only intermodal facility in Minot.

The BNSF Logistics team rallies around a shared purpose: “We deliver what matters.”

The rail sites are for manufacturers wanting to expand their footprint domestically or tap into the export network.

It is too early to call the intermodal recovery a long-term win for the railroads.

Kathryn M. Farmer will assume the role of president and CEO in January, taking the reins from current President and CEO Carl R. Ice. Ice is retiring but will remain on BNSF’s board of directors.

The wildfires in Washington state aren’t a major threat to BNSF’s Washington operations, but the railroad deployed trains to help area first responders. Union Pacific grappled with wildfires near a Northern California subdivision last week.

Intermodal was supposed to be the growth engine for rail.

Union Pacific reports serious damage to its tracks near Lake Charles after Hurricane Laura pushed across Louisiana.

Volume declines for coal and energy, as well as customers’ changing business conditions, are factors behind the facility’s July closure.

The COVID-19 pandemic dented BNSF’s profits and lowered rail volumes in the second quarter.

The Nebraska Public Service Commission is preparing to file a complaint against BNSF, Union Pacific and Nebraska Central over blocked highway-rail grade crossings in Grand Island.

The former worker is entitled to over $3.1 million in compensatory and punitive damages, lost wages, and front pay.

Border agents found 48 stowaways attempting to enter the U.S. illegally at rail crossings at the El Paso, Texas, port of entry.

BNSF and others are monitoring their rail networks as Cristobal moves up the Mississippi River Valley.

The COVID-19 pandemic dented volume growth in the first quarter for the privately owned railroad.

The modifications include extra precautions that follow CDC guidance.