Bruce Kelly - Railway Age Contributing EditorIf recent reports published by Railway Age and others regarding BNSF's clogged network have managed to discourage any shipper or industry-related investor, I have news that might brighten their outlook.
On Saturday, May 3, 2014, while BNSF parent Berkshire Hathaway Inc. was hosting its annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb., I was spending the day watching and photographing what was happening on BNSF’s Lakeside Subdivision between Spokane and Pasco, Wash. It’s too bad there wasn’t a live satellite feed between me and Omaha’s CenturyLink Center to help B-H honcho Warren Buffett and his officials from BNSF deflect some of the questions coming their way about congestion, delays, and capacity improvements, because from what I saw in the field, serious relief for all that backed-up freight is very close at hand.
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