BNSF鐵路公司（美國伯靈頓北方圣太菲鐵路運輸公司）正在加緊努力，以滿足激增的需求。

該公司官員本周在 "Rail Talk "博客中說，I類公司的車輛運輸速度提高了14%，同時處理了創(chuàng)紀錄的運輸量。

BNSF官員說，車輛制造商正在 "全力以赴 "地工作，以滿足疫情后對機車和車輛的需求。

"消費品營銷助理副總裁Michael Wade說："我們知道，加快全行業(yè)的運輸速度是滿足近期鐵路運輸?shù)母咝枨蟮年P鍵，BNSF正在大步走來，盡我們的力量幫助加快速度。

為了應對需求，BNSF增加了一個專門的運營設計團隊，專門致力于提高列車運輸速度和客戶體驗。此外，該鐵路公司已經(jīng)：

- 確定了在傳統(tǒng)的雙層自動車道上部署Auto-Max車隊的創(chuàng)新方法，從而減少了對雙層自動車的依賴，并將更多的雙層自動車返回到等待鐵路車輛供應的原點；

- 購買了740輛雙層車輛，以補充其在TTX公司的車隊；

- 恢復其專用列車網(wǎng)絡。在大流行期間，當運輸量下降時，I類公司有意將列車運輸轉(zhuǎn)移到其汽車運輸網(wǎng)絡，這意味著自動包裝車與其他商品一起乘坐混合貨運列車?，F(xiàn)在，汽車運輸量正在增加，BNSF正在將其汽車單元列車返回到網(wǎng)絡中；以及

- 最近推出了鐵路車輛管理工具，為制造商和列車司機提供所需的可見性，以改善目的地設施的流動性。BNSF官員說，這一行動有助于減少裝載的鐵路車輛在等待卸貨空間時的停留。

BNSF Railway Co. is ramping up efforts to serve the surging demand for new cars.

The Class I has logged a 14% improvement in automotive velocity in the current quarter while handling record volumes, company officials said this week in a "Rail Talk" blog.

Auto manufacturers are working "at full tilt" to meet a post-pandemic demand for new cars and vehicles, BNSF officials said.

"We know that speeding up industry-wide car velocity is the key to meeting near-term higher demand for vehicle shipments, and BNSF is taking strides to do our part to help accelerate velocity," said Michael Wade, assistant vice president of consumer products marketing.

To respond to demand, BNSF added a dedicated operational design team focused solely on improving automotive velocity and customer experience. In addition, the railroad has:

? identified creative ways to deploy its Auto-Max fleet in traditional bi-level autorack car lanes, which reduces reliance on bi-levels and returning more bi-levels to origin points awaiting rail-car supply;

? purchased 740 bi-level autorack cars to supplement its fleet in the TTX Co. pool;

? restored its dedicated automotive network. When volumes declined during the pandemic, the Class I intentionally moved vehicle shipments to its carload network, meaning autorack cars traveled on mixed-freight trains with other commodities. Now that automotive volumes are increasing, BNSF is returning its automotive unit trains to the network; and

? recently launched rail-car pipeline management tools to provide manufacturers and truckers with the visibility needed to improve the fluidity of destination facilities. The action helps reduce dwell on loaded rail cars waiting for space to unload, BNSF officials said.