BNSF Plans to Add 3rd Set of Tracks on Part of Main Line

By The Associated Press, U.S. News & World Report; March 2, 2018

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — BNSF Railway’s capital expenditure plan for 2018 includes building a third set of tracks on 10 miles (16 kilometers) of its southern main line in New Mexico.

BNSF spokesman Joe Sloan says the track expansion project between Belen and Dalies south of Albuquerque will increase the speed of rail traffic by allowing regular operations to continue during maintenance work on one set of tracks and by allowing a priority train to move without delaying a lower priority train.

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