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BNSF to Spend $315 Million on Bakken Rail Projects

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BNSF to Spend $315 Million on Bakken Rail Projects

BNSF provided the following update on the Bakken in Montana and North Dakota.

Montana

BNSF Railway Company plans to invest an estimated $115 million on maintenance and rail capacity expansion projects in Montana this year.

BNSF will expand capacity in Montana by constructing three new unit train staging tracks about three miles east of Glasgow and will enhance safety by adding machine vision technology at Miles City to help detect damaged equipment.

BNSF will also continue its robust track maintenance program in Montana, which will include more than 2,300 miles of track surfacing and undercutting work, the replacement of nearly 100 miles of rail and about 310,000 ties, as well as significant signal upgrades for federally mandated positive train control (PTC).

North Dakota

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