FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway has added two new railroads — Northern Lines Railway and Columbia Basin Railroad — to its Shortline Select program.
Shortline Select is designed to improve interchanges and service while deepening the commercial ties between the Class I and its short line connections.
Northern Lines Railway, owned by Anacostia Rail Holdings, is a 25-mile shortline that operates former BNSF trackage in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota.
The Columbia Basin Railroad operates 86 miles of track in Washington State. It interchanges with BNSF in Connell, Wash.
BNSF says that Shortline Select, which launched last fall, has improved service by reducing car dwell, improving interchange fluidity, and growing traffic volume across the participating shortline railroads.
Other railroads participating in the program include Genesee & Wyoming’s Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway (AGR), Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY), Genesee & Wyoming’s Portland & Western Railway (PNWR), TNW Corporation’s Texas Northwestern Railroad (TXNW), and Watco’s Timber Rock Railroad.
