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BNSF starts positive train control trial.

Publication: International Railway Journal
Publication Date: 01-MAR-04
Format: Online - approximately 779 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: BNSF starts positive train control trial.(North American Viewpoint)

Article Excerpt
PRIOR to their 1995 merger, the US railways Burlington Northern (BN) and Santa Fe (ATSF) were known for innovation and technological boldness. BN jumped head-first into ac traction locomotives in 1993 with an order for 350 units from EMD equipped with Siemens traction equipment; the rest of the North American railway industry soon followed. In 1990, Santa Fe jump-started the intermodal boom by forging a business relationship with J B Hunt, the largest long-haul road haulage company in the US, to put road trailers on trains. Today, that same spirit of innovation is what drives Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway (BNSF), North America's second-largest Class 1 railway.

At BNSF, there's a willingness to try new...

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