Navajo Transitional Energy Company

STB Dismisses BNSF, NTEC Case (UPDATED Dec. 14)

BNSF and Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC (NTEC) last month told the Surface Transportation Board (STB) that they had reached a settlement agreement to resolve their common carrier dispute. The STB on

BNSF, NTEC Reach Settlement (UPDATED Nov. 13)

BNSF and Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC (NTEC) have reached a settlement agreement to resolve their common carrier dispute, the companies told the Surface Transportation Board (STB) in a Nov. 9 filing.

STB Rules in NTEC vs. BNSF Service Case

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on June 23 issued a preliminary injunction requiring BNSF this year to transport 4.2 million tons of coal from Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC’s (NTEC) Spring Creek Mine in Big Horn County, Mont., to the Westshore Terminals export facility in British Columbia, Canada. The mine is solely served by BNSF. STB is also requiring the Class I to transport an additional one million tons this year as trainsets and crews become available. Railway Age Capitol Hill Contributing Editor Frank N. Wilner weighs in.