BNSF Railway Executive Chairman Matt Rose talks about the future of coal transportation, crude oil by rail, infrastructure investment, the regulatory environment and other topics of importance to the industry with Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono at the Energy By Rail Conference, held Oct. 27-28, 2016, in Arlington, Va.
Rose made a strong case for balanced regulation that does not inhibit the railroads' ability to continue making strong capital investments, and talked about the difficulties encountered in the permitting process for crude oil and coal facilities—the "not in my backyard" attitude.