Grainbelt Gets Extra Time on BNSF Tracks Through 2027
Published Date: 4/16/2026
Notice
Summary
Grainbelt Corporation is extending its permission to use BNSF Railway’s tracks between Oklahoma and Texas until March 30, 2027. This lets Grainbelt keep running trains to serve local customers and move railcars smoothly along the line. No big money changes, just more time to keep things rolling for everyone involved.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Rail Employee Job Protections Continue
If you are a rail employee affected by the acquisition of these trackage rights, you will be protected by the employee-protection conditions imposed in Norfolk & Western Railway (1978) and as modified in Mendocino Coast Railway (1980). Those protections are a condition of the exemption granted in this notice.
Local Rail Service Extended to 3/30/2027
If your business ships or receives freight along the rail line between milepost 668.73 (Long, Okla.) and milepost 723.30 (Quanah, Tex.), Grainbelt can keep using BNSF tracks to serve local customers and move railcars until March 30, 2027. The rights include access to the Plains Cotton Cooperative Association facility near milepost 688.6 at Altus, Okla., and may take effect on or after April 30, 2026.
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