(Source: BNSF Railway press releases, June 19, 2012)
FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) plans to invest an estimated $80 million on maintenance and rail capacity improvement and expansion projects in Colorado this year. BNSF’s 2012 capacity enhancement projects in Colorado include construction of a new maintenance of way facility, as well as significant signal upgrades for federally mandated positive train control (PTC).
BNSF also announced plans to invest an estimated $60 million on maintenance and rail capacity improvement projects in Wyoming this year. BNSF will continue its robust track maintenance program in Wyoming, which will include 1,115 miles of track surfacing and undercutting work, and the replacement of 31 miles of rail and about 36,000 ties.