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BNSF Railway has completed its multi-year, mainline improvement project in Becker, New Mexico. This new investment is adjacent to the railroad’s Belen facility, the largest fueling facility in North America, and will improve the railroad’s total train capacity through the Southern Transcon route by roughly 30 percent.
“Belen, New Mexico is really the heartbeat of our Southern Transcon, accounting for about a quarter of BNSF’s entire fuel usage and 25% of our volume,” said VP of Service Design Jon Gabriel, who will take over as group vice president of Consumer Products in September. “Having this new added capacity in Becker positions us for tremendous growth, while improving service consistency for all our current customer traffic further reducing our carbon emissions across this key intermodal route.”
The Becker facility includes two new processing tracks at approximately 20,000 feet available for fueling, inspections and crew changes. These additions will minimize the time it takes for trains to stop and get moving again toward their destination.
BNSF’s Belen, New Mexico facility, located on the Clovis Subdivision, serves as the primary hub for BNSF fueling and inspections between Los Angeles and Chicago.
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