{"id":37559,"date":"2015-01-12T09:08:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T14:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/bnsf-railway-re-evaluates-plan-for-safer-cars\/"},"modified":"2015-01-12T09:08:24","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T14:08:24","slug":"bnsf-railway-re-evaluates-plan-for-safer-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/bnsf-railway-re-evaluates-plan-for-safer-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"BNSF Railway re-evaluates plan for safer cars","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-20786\" style=\"margin-top: 4px;margin-bottom: 4px;margin-left: 12px;margin-right: 12px;border-width: 1px;border-color: black;border-style: solid\" alt=\"oil-train-rail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/oil-train-rail.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"136\" \/>BNSF Railway Co., the railroad owned by Warren Buffett\u2019s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK\/A), is reconsidering a plan to buy 5,000 oil-tank cars built to new safety standards after some customers voiced concern about the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first everybody applauded us for doing it,\u201d BNSF Chairman Matt Rose said today during a panel discussion in Washington on oil-by-rail safety, without specifying which concerns were raised. \u201cWe\u2019re going to go back and talk to our customers and see what they want us to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the complete story at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2015-01-11\/buffett-s-bnsf-reevaluates-plan-for-safer-cars-amid-client-talks.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BNSF Railway Co., the railroad owned by Warren Buffett\u2019s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 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