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City of Barstow Approves $4B BNSF Rail Hub
The Barstow City Council has approved BNSF Railway’s $4-billion Barstow International Gateway (BIG) project, advancing what the railroad calls one of the most significant freight infrastructure investments in California history. BIG is a planned 4,500-acre, integrated rail facility on the west side of Barstow. The project includes a rail yard, intermodal facility and transload warehouses.
Containers arriving at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will move directly from ships to trains via the Alameda Corridor and onto the BNSF mainline to Barstow. At BIG, containers will be processed using zero-emission cargo-handling equipment, then staged and built into trains headed east across BNSF’s national network. Westbound freight will also be consolidated at the facility.
“BIG is a transformative, next-generation rail facility that will deliver meaningful benefits for our customers,” said BNSF president and CEO Katie Farmer. “By creating a more resilient, efficient and low-carbon freight system, we’re giving shippers faster, more reliable inland access and greater network fluidity.”
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