BNSF, CP must provide timeline for shipping grain backlog

摘要

U.S. officials have given BNSF Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway a Friday deadline to their submit their plans to clear a backlog of grain cars after months of service delays blamed on severe winter weather and high demand.Grain storage bins in states like Montana, Minnesota and North and South Dakota are still brimming with last year's harvest because of poor rail service.The U.S. Surface Transportation Board decision also ordered that the two class I railroads provide a timeline for resolving the backlog and submit formal weekly status reports on grain car orders and deliveries.