BNSF reopens Stampede Pass.(Burlington Northern Santa Fe acquires Washington Central Railroad Co., will spend $125 million to upgrade)(Rail Update)(Brief Article) From: Railway Age | Date: January 1, 1997 | COPYRIGHT 1997 Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Burlington Northern Santa Fe completed its merger with Washington Central Railroad Co. early last month and at the same time began daily freight train operations over its reopened Stampede Pass line.

With the merger and the line reopening, BNSF now has three routes between central Washington State and the Pacific Coast.

The former Burlington Northern, faced with declining traffic in the early 1980s, took the 77.9-mile Stampede Pass route out of service and sold part of the line to Washington Central in 1986. But then increases in intermodal and merchandise traffic and a ...

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