It is stated that depending on the strength of the earthquake, the railroad must be carefully examined to ensure the right-of-way has not been degraded, track is still in gauge, and the infrastructure is still functional. Information about the procedure followed by BNSF Railway is presented. ...
BNSF Railway, in typical pushing-the-envelope fashion, is now moving ahead with what could be the next big step in motive power: locomotives fueled by LNG (liquefied natural gas). Two sets-one each from EMD and GE-consisting of... WILLIAM C. VANTUONO - 《Railway Age》 被引量: 2发表...
Union Pacific, based in Omaha and founded 160 years ago, oversees about 3,200 miles of railway in California. The publicly traded company is worth $155 billion andreported record profitson Thursday. It runs its own police force to protect the tracks where breaches occur. Last yea...
BNSF Investigates What Caused 7-Car Derailment More GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — BNSF Railway officials are investigating a seven-car derailment in northeast Wyoming. No one was injured in the incident. The derailment occurred about 3:40 p.m. Friday as the train was performing a switching move in...
BNSF—the largest freight railroad in the U.S.—has noted that "due to ongoing labor discussions, CSX and Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) have announced embargoes affecting some East Coast ports." Should the strike go on, it’s likely railroads will experience extreme backlogs, with a massive...
The future of railroading is in the hands of the members of the National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association. That's the message from Matt Rose, the soon-to-retire boss of BNSF Railway. \"Basically this group has birthed every part of new technology I've seen in my 20 years...
HSR only needs a high turning radius when moving at high speed. Since trains will not be going 300+kph (or even probably 30+kph) right as they reach the platform, you don’t need a larger turning radius than a regular railway at that point (I think 125 or 150m is planned). Th...
Note: While Trains claims the railcam is "exclusive", that no longer appears to be the case, as both Railstream and Virtual Railfan Live offer the same feed. Info: URL: https://www.trains.com/trn/videos-photos/webcam/bnsf-and-union-pacific-in-rochelle-il/ (Added: 13-Jun-2000) ...
programs. One beneficiary is BNSF Railway, which has gained approvalfor a pilot(less) programto use drones toinspectits far-flung network of rails. The inspections could help reduce derailments and other safety problems—and though BNSF isn’t saying so, leadto lowerlabor costs in the long ...
Of the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed earlier this year, $66 billion is allocated to rail; however, the vast majority of those dollars will go to passenger rail projects. Rail freight operators, including BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), CSX Transportation, In...