capital · May 16, 2026
BNSF's Farmer Featured at Rail Insights 2026
Share the canonical public link.
Katie Farmer, President and CEO of BNSF and the first female chief executive of a Class I railroad, will speak at Railway Age’s 12th Annual Rail Insights Conference on June 11, 2026, at 1 p.m. EDT. The conference will feature fireside chat-style discussions with Farmer alongside other industry leaders including Michael Miller of Genesee & Wyoming, Brian Comstock of The Greenbrier Companies, and Rob Russell of Russell-Kroese Partners. Farmer has over three decades at BNSF and was named Railway Age’s 2023 Railroader of the Year. The event focuses on topics such as business growth, service quality, capital investment, technology, safety, and regulation.