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BNSF Railway today announced the Class I railroad has filed a petition with the Surface Transportation Board (STB), requesting the immediate review and enforcement of conditions imposed during the Union Pacific (UP) and Southern Pacific (SP) merger nearly 30 years ago.

At the Baird 55th Annual Conference Tuesday in Chicago, Union Pacific, Corp. made comments indicating that over 300 intermodal lanes will not be closed where there is an origin or destination currently on BNSF and Norfolk Southern or Union Pacific and CSX if the merger is approved.

BNSF Railway (BNSF) announced its $3.8 billion capital investment plan for 2025. BNSF’s capital investments demonstrate our continued dedication to operating a safe and reliable network while ensuring our network is prepared to handle the anticipated needs of our customers.

Add after second paragraph of release: With this most recent announcement, 17 percent of BNSF’s union-represented workforce is covered by a pending tentative agreement.

BNSF Railway, one of North America’s leading transportation companies, in partnership with Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE; NSC) today announced it has reached tentative, five-year collective bargaining agreements with the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen Division/TCU (BRC), International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers – Mechanical Department (SMART-MD) and the Transportation Communications Union/IAM (TCU). In similar fashion, BNSF has also reached a tentative agreement with the American Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA).

BNSF Railway, one of the largest freight railroad networks in North America, was honored this month by the Texas Veterans Commission for its dedication to hiring veterans. The Fort Worth based company was recognized at an awards ceremony on Aug. 9 in Humble, Texas.

BNSF Railway announced this week the completion of its multi-year, mainline improvement project in Becker, New Mexico. This new investment is adjacent to the railroad’s Belen facility, the largest fueling facility in North America, and will improve the railroad’s total train capacity through the Southern Transcon route by roughly 30 percent.

BNSF Railway, one of the largest freight railroad networks in North America, was honored this week for receiving a top score of 100 on the Disability Equality Index for 2024. The award recognizes the company as a “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” for the second year in a row.

Today, BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) announced it is honoring four state Departments of Transportation for their dedication to improving grade crossing safety in their communities, a first-of-its-kind initiative to reduce grade crossing incidents across the company’s 32,500-mile network.

Last week, two of BNSF Railway’s automotive facilities, operated by service partner Inter-Rail Group, were recognized by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) as some of the best in North America.

BNSF Railway (BNSF) and The American Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA), along with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), have reached a landmark agreement to participate in a one-year pilot program of the FRA’s Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS).

Investments from BNSF Railway customers totaled more than $4.1 billion in 2023, the freight rail provider reported this week. Significant investments were made from supply chain partners and customers, including Cenovus Energy and Green Bison Soy Processing LLC. As a result of these and other customer investments, BNSF projects supported the creation of more than 4,200 new jobs in local communities. Last year’s investments are the largest BNSF customers and local economic development organizations have made in new or expanded facilities in the past five years.

As the railway industry continues to power the American economy with sustainable methods of moving freight, BNSF Railway is building upon its record year for safety by continuing to put its people first.

BNSF Railway, one of North America’s leading freight transportation companies, has been named among “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2024” by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.

BNSF Railway (BNSF) is partnering with local communities and public agencies to advance safety infrastructure projects across its network. With its newly assembled Public Infrastructure and Investments team, BNSF is ready to help eligible applicants apply for recently announced federal grants to improve grade crossing safety across America.

BNSF Railway’s Los Angeles Hobart Intermodal Facility, which handles the world’s largest quantity of domestic intermodal freight, set an on-time departure record of 94% in 2023, easily surpassing the 2012 high of 86%. These results were achieved all while completing the safest year on record for accidents and injuries.

BNSF Railway completed a record year for workplace safety in 2023, with the lowest injury frequency rate in the company’s 175-year history.

For the second year in a row, BNSF Railway has been recognized on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index, scoring a 100/100 on LGBTQ+ equality in the workplace.

BNSF Railway (BNSF), North America’s largest intermodal rail, GMXT (BMV: GMXT), the largest rail provider in Mexico, and J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT), one of the largest supply chain solutions providers in North America, announced their new intermodal service between Monterrey, Silao-Bajio and Pantaco-Mexico City regions, key markets in Northern and Central Mexico, through the Eagle Pass, Texas border gateway.

BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) is honoring 10 customers with its 2023 BNSF Sustainability Awards for success in sustainable achievements. The BNSF Sustainability Awards are presented annually to companies that are industry leaders in sustainable freight. Award recipients are recognized for significant achievement in one of several categories, including: supply chain efficiencies, sustainable technology implementation, sustainability leadership and partnership with other like-minded organizations, and investments in sustainable infrastructure. For full descriptions of the award recipients’ achievements, click here.

BNSF Railway was recently selected as one of the top 50 best companies for Latinas to work for in the United States by LATINA Style Inc.

The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, Transportation Division (SMART-TD) and BNSF Railway have reached a system-wide agreement that will significantly benefit ground service employees at BNSF.

BNSF Railway is pleased to announce a new tentative agreement that is subject to ratification with the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division—International Brotherhood of Teamsters (BMWED), which includes paid sick days.

Forty-eight high school graduates from across the country have each been awarded a $2,500 scholarship from the BNSF Railway Foundation, renewable every year for up to four years. The 2023 scholarship recipients are dependents of BNSF employees or retirees, in recognition of their outstanding high school academic achievements.

The Oklahoma Railway Museum (ORM) has taken delivery of a historied alternative fuel testbed locomotive, most recently operated by BNSF as a hydrogen fuel cell switcher in Southern California.

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and BNSF Railway have reached a system-wide agreement this week that will significantly benefit locomotive engineers at BNSF. The tentative agreement includes up to eight paid sick leave days and grants access to scheduled time off in an effort to improve the quality of work-life balance for the engineers.

BNSF Railway recently marked a significant milestone in its double track project in North Texas, as the first train crossed over the newly constructed Trinity River bridge near downtown Fort Worth earlier this month.

BNSF Railway, one of the largest freight railroad networks in North America, is proud to announce its recognition of the “Top 10 Enterprise-Wide ERG Award” at the 2023 Diversity Impact Awards.

BNSF Railway, one of the largest freight railroad networks in North America, is proud to announce its recognition as a “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” by the prestigious Disability Equality Index (DEI). With a top score of 100, BNSF has demonstrated its unwavering commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace that celebrates the talents and contributions of all individuals including those with disabilities.

BNSF Railway today announced plans to invest more than $1.5 billion to construct a state-of-the-art master-planned rail facility in Southern California – and the first being developed by a Class 1 railroad.

BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has partnered with the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) to develop a new rail hub at the Port of Tacoma to meet increased intermodal demand in the greater Seattle region and unlock capacity. The new Tacoma South facility is part of a joint effort announced in March 2022 between J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) and BNSF to substantially improve capacity in the intermodal marketplace.

At its meeting last week, the San Bernardino City Council voted to certify the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for BNSF’s proposed gap closure project designed to expedite the flow of trains in and out of its existing San Bernardino Intermodal Facility. The project will improve the facility’s efficiency, with approximately 4.3 miles of new fourth main track in two segments along the current BNSF corridor from the BNSF overpass at State Street/University Parkway to its intermodal facility.