Western Railroad Discussion > BNSF and China

Interesting article in this weeks time on BNSF.
http://www.time.com/time/insidebiz/article/0,9171,1101040308-596147,00.html
It begins:
On a Faster Track
How America's No. 2 railroad went high tech to grab a bigger slice of the booming China trade
By CATHY BOOTH THOMAS/FORT WORTH

If you want proof that America's railroads are back on track, take a look inside the Network Operations Center (NOC) of the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. (BNSF). Dispatchers at the railway's headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, sit hunched over computers 24/7, directing trains for the nation's second largest railroad and tracking shipments of everything from coal to Wal-Mart clothing. ................