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Rail News Home BNSF Railway 7/1/2021 Rail News: BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway Co. has given two new locations in Montana and Texas its Certified Sites designation.The Class I now has four certified sites in Montana and three in Texas.To earn the designation, sites must undergo a thorough analysis that includes an evaluation of environmental and geotechnical standards, available utilities, site availability, and existing and projected infrastructure, BNSF officials said in a news release.The goal of the Certified Sites program is to provide an inventory of rail-served sites that are available for immediate development, they said. So far, BNSF offers 29 of the sites, all of which provide direct rail service.The two newly-designated Certified Sites, which feature acreage ready for industrial development, are:• Somerville Industrial in Somerville, Texas, which offers 103 acres without zoning requirements or restrictions and is located east of State Highway 36, about 20 miles outside of Bryan-College Station; and• Fort Peck Tribal Industrial Park in Poplar, Montana, which is zoned for heavy industrial. The site encompasses 45 acres located north of U.S. Highway 2 on the Fort Peck Reservation outside city limits.Certified Sites are a part of the Class I's Premier Parks, Sites and Transload program, which addresses increasing demand for customer site locations by developing various types of facilities across the railroad's network, BNSF officials said.    

Rail News Home CSX Transportation 7/1/2021 Rail News: CSX Transportation
The acquisition enables CSX to gain access to new products, markets and regions, CSX officials said. Photo – csx.com

Rail News Home Kansas City Southern 6/30/2021 Rail News: Kansas City Southern
Kansas City Southern and Midstream Texas Operating LLC (MTO) today announced a long-term commercial agreement to provide truck-to-rail transloading services for petroleum and petrochemical shipments moving from Corpus Christi, Texas, into Mexico.Operations are expected to begin in the fourth quarter.On property leased from KCS, MTO will construct a transload facility — including siding tracks and facilities for loading and staging of 200 rail cars per month — under the project's initial phase.The facility will be "strategically close to supply locations and to the border for expedient access to end markets," said Ginger Adamiak, KCS vice president of energy and chemical products, in a press release."This service expansion offers our customers proven transportation to an attractive market. We are delighted to link with MTO's Ingleside terminal to offer seamless marine, truck and rail movements," added David Vattimo, MTO's chief executive officer.