Northern California wildfires damage BNSF’s rail infrastructure

A photograph of a BNSF train rolling through a forest.

Multiple wildfires in Northern California have caused “significant damage” to BNSF’s rail infrastructure in the area, and the threat isn’t over yet.

BNSF (NYSE: BRK.B) suspended rail operations between Stockton, California, and Klamath Falls, Oregon, because of wildfires in the region. But one blaze, the Dixie fire, is only 23% contained, and it is moving closer to BNSF’s main line between Almanor and Keddie, California, BNSF said in a Wednesday service advisory.

The Dixie fire has already burned...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/northern-california-wildfires-damage-bnsfs-rail-infrastructure

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