FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF is challenging what it termed “deliberate bias” in the Star Tribune newspaper’s cherry-picking unrepresentative and isolated incidents to imply an unsafe culture at the company.

FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway recognized three shortline railroads for their tremendous success and partnership over the past year with a Shortline Achievement Award at BNSF’s 15th Annual Shortline Conference on Nov. 1 in Grapevine, Texas.

Berkshire Hathaway operating earnings for the third quarter and first nine months of 2010 increased 35.6 percent and 45.9 percent from the comparable periods in 2009.

FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway announced that Greg Fox has been promoted to executive vice president, Operations, reporting to Carl Ice, president and chief operating officer.

FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Matt Rose announced the promotion of Carl Ice to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer of BNSF Railway Co., with responsibility for Operations, Marketing and Technology Services.

WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board announced it will hold a Nov. 30 oral argument in the case entitled State of Montana v. BNSF Railway Co.

FORT WORTH — BNSF Railway Co. announced it has selected T.J. Lambrecht Construction and Walsh Construction as the primary civil contractor to construct its new intermodal facility southwest of Kansas City in Edgerton, Kan.

FORT WORTH — BNSF Railway Co. has asked the Minnesota Supreme Court to overturn pecuniary loss damages of $24 million and sanctions of more than $4 million awarded against the railroad in a case involving four fatalities in a 2003 car and train collision in Anoka, Minnesota.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Officials from the city of Sioux Falls, the state of South Dakota and BNSF Railway celebrated the closure of the 5,000th grade crossing on BNSF’s rail network, setting a new national record for grade crossing closures and safety improvement, the railroad announced.

SPRINGDALE, Ark. — BNSF Logistics LLC has been named one of the top logistics providers for the seventh consecutive year by readers of Inbound Logistics magazine in its annual “Top 10 3PL Excellence” awards program.
More than 6,000 votes were cast in this year’s survey, for over 800 unique third-party logistics providers.
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