BNSF Railway announced that it completed a multi-year project to upgrade the mainline in Becker, New Mexico. BNSF's Belen, New Mexico facility is located in the Clovis Subdivision. It serves as the primary hub for BNSF fueling and inspections between Los Angeles and Chicago.
The new investment is adjacent to the railroad's Belen facility, the largest fueling facility in North America, and will increase the railroad's overall train capacity through the Southern Transcon by approximately 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. 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,” said VP of Service Design Jon Gabriel.
The Becker facility includes two new processing tracks at approximately 20,000 feet. These are available for refueling, inspections, and crew changes. These additions will minimize the time it takes for trains to stop and get moving again to where they need to go.
