Railroad News

BNSF Railway Co. announced plans to invest more than $1.5 billion to construct a state-of-the-art, master-planned rail facility in Southern California.

The Barstow International Gateway will be a 4,500-acre integrated rail facility on the west side of Barstow, consisting of a rail yard, intermodal facility and warehouses for transloading freight from international containers to domestic containers.

Norfolk Southern Corp. yesterday announced a commitment of $400,000 in grants to 31 food banks located along its national network in an effort to combat food insecurity.

More than 34 million Americans — including 9 million children — are food insecure, meaning they have limited or uncertain access to adequate food, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

CSX announced yesterday it has achieved a score in the 93rd percentile on the S&P Global 2022 Corporate Sustainability Assessment.

The assessment scores are used by companies to benchmark their environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance against other companies, as well as to measure their own progress, CSX officials said in a press release. CSX has been included in the index since 2011.