rail development

BNSF touts customer investments in railroad’s development program

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Customers in BNSF’s (NYSE: BRK) rail development program in 2020 invested about $1.1 billion to build or expand facilities on BNSF properties, according to the western U.S. railroad.

The customers include agricultural, consumer and industrial producers. Among them are Coldpoint Logistics, a cold storage solutions provider that invested $25 million and opened phase four of its facility at BNSF’s Logistics Park Kansas City in Kansas; Delta Peanut, which invested $70 million to add two tracks for...

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BNSF ready for business in Kansas, Missouri and Texas

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Western U.S. railroad BNSF (NYSE: BRK) has named three locations in Kansas, Missouri and Texas to be part of its Certified Sites industrial development program.

The sites, all of which have access to BNSF’s network, have been evaluated for their usability and infrastructure, making them eligible to be part of the railroad’s industrial development program. 

BNSF says the Certified Sites program consists of properties where there might be customer demand and where prospective businesses could save...

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BNSF, OmniTRAX look to develop sites in Colorado, Ohio

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Western U.S. railroad BNSF (NYSE: BRK) and short line operator OmniTRAX are seeking to develop properties in the U.S. interior.

BNSF logistics center in Colorado open for customers

BNSF is actively looking for customers for the Logistics Center Hudson, located in the Denver area. The railroad recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of the first unit train rolling through. Construction on the property began in February 2019, and the unit train went through seven months later, BNSF said.

The...

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