BNSF Bets on Rail Superhighway to Beat Trucks as Coal Fades
After this year, BNSF Railway Co. will be more than 99% finished with a second, parallel line to its 2,200-mile Los Angeles-to-Chicago route.
BNSF Pressures Congress to Extend 2015 Rail Safety Deadline
BNSF Railway Co. is ratcheting up pressure on Congress to postpone a deadline for installing a safety system by the end of the year, saying it would probably have to halt freight and passenger traffic if the requirement isn’t delayed.
Truckers Smash Stereotypes With Boost From Women Outdriving Men
Female truckers are sliding into longhaul cabs as companies seek to end a U.S. driver shortage, and they’re proving to be better behind the wheel than men.
West Coast Port Gridlock Hampers Union Pacific Earnings
Union Pacific Corp., the largest U.S. railroad, posted first-quarter profit and sales below estimates as West Coast port congestion and slack coal demand caused carloads to decline.
BNSF Slows Oil Trains Ahead of Peers
BNSF Railway Co., the largest hauler of crude by rail, moved ahead of U.S. peers in the push for safety by reducing oil-carrying train speeds beyond an agreement last year between regulators and the railroads.
Railroads Caught by Speed of Crude-Oil Collapse
The slowdown that North American railroad companies had been bracing for in crude oil shipments has turned into a rout, with volumes falling faster than executives had predicted.
Refiners Sue BNSF Railway Over $1,000 Oil Tank Car Surcharge
BNSF Railway Co. was sued by a trade group for 400 U.S. refining and petrochemical makers objecting to a $1,000 surcharge the nation’s biggest rail transporter of crude oil tacked onto older-model tank cars.
Oil Train Derails in Illinois
A BNSF Railway Co. train carrying 103 cars of crude oil derailed in rural Illinois March 5 and U.S. regulators said a fire had broken out. There were no reports of injuries.
Oil Train Crash Adds Pressure for New Safety Standards
Video images of a fireball billowing from the wreckage of a derailed train hauling Bakken crude are adding to pressure on federal regulators to act on new safety standards for oil shipments.
CSX Profit Meets Estimates as Crude-by-Rail Fallout Looms
CSX Corp. matched analysts’ profit estimates as the U.S. economic recovery boosted demand for consumer goods moved by rail while crude shipments kept growing amid the global rout in prices.