BNSF’s mechanical division and the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen (BRC) are working together on a program that seeks to ensure brake health.
BRC is supportive of BNSF’s (NYSE: BRK) efforts to go before the Federal Railroad Administration and ask for the expansion of a test waiver that would enable both parties to continue work on BNSF’s brake health effectiveness (BHE) program, according to a joint news release from both groups Tuesday. The results of the original program — BNSF implemented the technology on intermodal and grain cars through a test waiver for years ago — have been positive, according to the release.
