Once again this year BNSF is facing obstacles from rival railroad Union Pacific (UP) over planned services using part of the latter’s track infrastructure, this time jeopardising a new intermodal service.
And, in a separate development, a federal court has thrown out the ‘reciprocal switching’ rule the Surface Transportation Board (STB) issued last year to give shippers options for alternative service.
BNSF is chomping at the bit to start a new double-stack ...

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