BNSF Railway
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BNSF Railway (
The BNSF Railway Company is the principal operating subsidiary of parent company Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC. Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, the railroad's parent company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., of Omaha, Nebraska.[4] The current CEO is Kathryn Farmer.[5]
According to corporate press releases, the BNSF Railway is among the top transporters of intermodal freight in North America. It also hauls bulk cargo, including coal.
The creation of BNSF started with the formation of a holding company on September 22, 1995. This new holding company purchased the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (often called the "Santa Fe") and Burlington Northern Railroad, and formally merged the railways into the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway on December 31, 1996.[6] On January 24, 2005, the railroad's name was officially changed to BNSF Railway Company using the initials of its original name.[7] Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway acquired BNSF Railway in February 2010, obtaining all of its shares and taking the company private.
BNSF and its chief competitor, the
History
BNSF's history dates back to 1849, when the
The
The
]BN-ATSF merger
On June 30, 1994, BN and ATSF announced plans to merge.
On February 7, 1995, BN and ATSF heads
Effect of UP-SP merger
Union Pacific's merger with Southern Pacific further enlarged the combined BNSF network. Unlike BN and ATSF, UP and SP had significant overlap, where the end of competition between the two risked creating a monopoly for freight carriage in much of the West. UP and BNSF announced in late September 1995 that, in exchange for BNSF not opposing the merger, it would obtain ownership of 335 miles (539 km) of line and about 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of trackage rights to reach these "two-to-one" shippers. Significant additions included rights over SP's Central Corridor from Denver via the Moffat Tunnel and Salt Lake City, and over Donner Pass, to the San Francisco Bay Area, with an alternate route through the Feather River Canyon along UP. The ATSF trackage in California's Central Valley was linked to BN's line into Oregon, through trackage rights over UP between Stockton and Keddie and acquisition of UP's section of the "Inside Gateway" to the beginning of BN trackage at Bieber. In Texas, BNSF received rights in several directions from the Houston area: west over UP to San Antonio, with a branch to Waco, and continuing over SP to Eagle Pass (replacing the haulage rights they had just obtained); south over UP to Brownsville; east over SP to New Orleans (including the purchase of this line east of Lake Charles); and northeast over SP to Memphis with a branch on UP to Little Rock. Ownership of a short connection between Waxahachie and Dallas also went from UP to BNSF. UP, in return, got a few short sections of trackage rights over BNSF, mainly connecting the SP at Chemult to the UP at Bend, Oregon, and connecting the SP at Mojave, California with existing UP rights on ATSF at Barstow, California.[23][24] On April 18, 1996, UP, BNSF, and the Chemical Manufacturers Association entered into an agreement giving BNSF rights over the UP line between Houston and East St. Louis, paralleling the Houston-Memphis SP line, and allowing BNSF to participate in the UP's plan for directional running, in which each line would serve through trains in only one direction.[25][26] The Surface Transportation Board, successor to the ICC, approved the UP-SP merger on July 3,[27] and UP control of SP took effect on September 11, 1996.[28] BNSF trackage rights operations began on the Central Corridor on October 10, and soon thereafter on other lines.[29]
BNSF continued projects started by its predecessors, most notably BN's work on reopening Stampede Pass. BN had closed Stampede Pass, the Northern Pacific Railway's main line across Washington, in 1984, in favor of the ex-Great Northern Railway's Stevens Pass. BN never abandoned the line and began rehabilitating it in early 1996, and the route reopened in early December, relieving the crowded Stevens Pass.[30] The ex-ATSF main line, now known as the Southern Transcon, has also seen steady work to add tracks, giving BNSF more capacity on this major intermodal route.[31]
Attempted merger with CN
On December 20, 1999, BNSF and the recently
Acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation was incorporated in 1993 to facilitate the merger of
Robert D. Krebs of Santa Fe Pacific was president of BNSF from the merger until 1999, chief executive from the merger until 2000, and chairman from 1997 until 2002. He was succeeded in all three positions by Matthew K. Rose.
On November 3, 2009, Berkshire Hathaway made a $26 billion offer to buy the remaining 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation it did not already own, valuing the purchase at $34 billion. The deal, which including Berkshire's previous investment and the assumption of $10 billion in Burlington Northern debt brings the total value to $44 billion.[40] Consummated February 12, 2010, it is the largest acquisition in Berkshire Hathaway's history.[41]
The deal was structured so that the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation would merge with and into R Acquisition Company, LLC, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. The deal closed on February 12, 2010, and at the same time, the now merged company changed its name to Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC that remains an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.[42]
Acquisition of Montana Rail Link
In January 2022, BNSF agreed to purchase Montana Rail Link, a private company, for $2 billion, through an "early lease termination".[43][44][45] The return to BNSF control required the approval of the Surface Transportation Board,[46][47] which was approved on March 8, 2023.[48] The railroad had over 900 miles (1,400 km) of track,[49] and served 100 stations. The main classification yard was in Laurel, Montana, with smaller yards in Missoula, Billings, Bozeman and Helena.[50]
BNSF took over MRL operations on January 1, 2024.[51] This absorbed the MRL into BNSF, integrating MRL operations, technology and personnel. All 1,200 employees were offered employment with BNSF.[52]
Operations
Markets and services
With BNSF's large system, it hauls many different commodities, most notably
Predecessor
BNSF serves over 1,500
The
BNSF transports Boeing 737 fuselages from the Wichita, Kansas plant to Renton, Washington.[55]
Finances
Parent Berkshire Hathaway | |
Trackage
The BNSF Railway directly owns and operates track in 28
For administrative purposes, BNSF is divided into two regions and ten operating divisions. The North Region includes the Montana, Northwest, Twin Cities, Heartland and Powder River divisions. The South Region includes the Red River, California, Chicago, Kansas and Southwest divisions. Each division is further divided into subdivisions, which represent segments of track ranging from 300-mile (480 km) mainlines to 10-mile (16 km) branch-lines. The former Texas and Gulf divisions were combined into the Red River Division, and the former Springfield and Nebraska divisions were combined into the Heartland Division, in the spring of 2016.
Not including second, third and fourth main-line trackage, yard trackage, and siding trackage, BNSF directly owns and operates over 24,000 miles (39,000 km) of track. When these additional tracks are counted, the length of track which the railway directly controls rises to more than 50,000 miles (80,000 km).
Additionally, BNSF Railway has gained
Yards and facilities
BNSF operates various facilities all over the United States, plus a yard in Winnipeg, to support its transportation system. Facilities operated by the railway include yards and terminals throughout its rail network, system locomotive shops to perform locomotive service and maintenance, a centralized operations center for train dispatching and network operations monitoring in
BNSF Railway also operates numerous transfer facilities throughout the western United States to facilitate the transfer of intermodal containers, trailers, and other freight traffic. BNSF Railway has direct control over a total of 33 intermodal hubs and 23 automotive distribution facilities.
The BNSF mechanical division operates 13 locomotive maintenance facilities that perform preventive maintenance, repairs and servicing of equipment. The largest of these facilities are located in Alliance, Nebraska and Argentine Yard in Kansas City, Kansas. The mechanical division also controls 46 additional facilities responsible for car maintenance and daily running repairs.
The BNSF system mechanical division, a subset of the mechanical division, operates two maintenance-of-way work equipment shops, responsible for performing repairs and preventive maintenance to BNSF's track and equipment, in Brainerd, Minnesota and Galesburg, Illinois. The system mechanical division also operates the Western Fruit Express Company's refrigerated car repair shop in Spokane, Washington.
On October 1, 2022, BNSF Railway announced plans to construct a $1.5 billion state of the art master planned rail facility in Southern California, the first such facility developed by a
Large freight car
- Barstow Yard
- Galesburg, Illinois – Galesburg Yard
- Kansas City, Kansas – Argentine Yard
- Lincoln, Nebraska – Hobson Yard
- Memphis, Tennessee – Tennessee Yard
- Minneapolis, Minnesota– Northtown Yard
- Pasco, Washington – Pasco Yard
- Tulsa, Oklahoma – Cherokee Yard
Location of some intermodal yards:
- Cicero, Illinois – Chicago Cicero[60]
- Chicago, Illinois – Corwith Intermodal Facility
- Commerce, California
- Edgerton, Kansas – Logistics Park Kansas City[61]
- Elwood, Illinois – Logistics Park Chicago[62]
- Hodgkins, Illinois – Willow Springs Intermodal Facility
- Haslet, Texas – Alliance Yard
- Los Angeles, California– Hobart Yard
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Oakland, California – Oakland International Gateway
- Omaha, Nebraska - Gibson Yard
- Seattle, Washington– Seattle International Gateway (SIG) Intermodal Facility
Routes
- The Northern Transcon runs between Seattle and Chicago. The route is a combination of parts of the old Great Northern, the Northern Pacific, and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway.
- The Southern Transcon runs between Los Angeles and Chicago. The 2006 BNSF Annual Report states: "We also added about 33 miles of second main track on our main line between Chicago and Los Angeles. All but 51 miles (82 km) of this high-volume 2,200-mile (3,500 km) route were double track, as of the end of 2006. Last year, we ran 100 trains per day on this expanded main line, compared with 60 per day in 2000." Technically, it is not double tracked in mid-Kansas where two routes are used: Mulvane to Wichita to Newton to Emporia for primarily eastbound traffic; Emporia to El Dorado to Augusta to Mulvane for primarily westbound traffic. In 2008, BNSF completed nearly sixteen miles (26 km) of a third main track through Cajon Pass in Southern California, increasing capacity on the transcontinental main route between Chicago and Los Angeles from 100 to 150 trains per day. BNSF started adding a second main track in Abo Canyon (east of Belen, New Mexico) the largest bottleneck on the Transcon with grading in 2008–2009, bridges in 2010 and signal work in late 2010 or early 2011. Approximately 1.7 million cubic yards (1.3 million cubic metres) of rock need to be excavated, mostly by blasting. The 2008 BNSF Annual Report states: "Following completion of the Abo Canyon project scheduled in 2011, our 2,200‑mile [3,540 km] Transcontinental Corridor between Southern California and Chicago will have only about 30 miles [48 km] of single track."[citation needed]
- The Powder River Basin supplies forty percent of the coal in the United States. The 2008 BNSF Annual Report states that the quadruple track project was completed.
Operating divisions
The BNSF system is divided into 13 divisions grouped into three regions. Each division includes numerous subdivisions, normally comprising a single main line and branches.[63] A fourteenth division, Colorado, has been consolidated with the Powder River Division, except for the Casper and Cody Subdivisions, which were transferred to the Montana Division.
Passenger train service
BNSF directly operates the
.The line used by New Mexico Rail Runner Express was sold to the state of New Mexico, but BNSF retained all freight rights on the line and operates freight trains as needed.
Metra's cars that were originally purchased by BNSF predecessor Chicago Burlington & Quincy have letterboards above the doors. In about 2011, about 15 of the remaining cars had the original "BURLINGTON" lettering restored, while the rest now read "BNSF RAILWAY". Other Metra cars assigned to BNSF have the current BNSF "swoosh" logo next to the door.
Many
.After the 2015 Oxnard train derailment, BNSF loaned 40 of their AC4400CWs to Metrolink while their Rotem cab cars received upgrades. These 40 units were converted to PTC. The locomotives have since been returned after the cab cars went back into service.[citation needed]
Although it does not have a steam program like the Union Pacific, the BNSF has allowed for the Southern Pacific 4449, St. Louis–San Francisco 1522, Santa Fe 3751, Santa Fe 2926, Spokane, Portland and Seattle 700 and Milwaukee Road 261 steam locomotives to operate excursions over their rails.
Safety
BNSF has received
As one of the leading supporters of the Operation Lifesaver program to promote safety at railway crossings and rights-of-way, the BNSF Railway, in 2000, established a grade-crossing closure program. This program, in which BNSF works with communities and landowners to identify unnecessary or redundant crossings, has helped close more than 2,900 of BNSF's railway crossings throughout the United States. Due to the program, BNSF has been the industry leader in lowering the number of grade-crossing collisions.
BNSF contracts with News Link, a small business in Lincoln, Nebraska, to publish employee newsletters focused on safety for some of the railroad's divisions and shops. These newsletters vary in length from four to 28 pages, published ranging from monthly to quarterly.
In 2014, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ordered BNSF to pay over $526,000 to workers who had been terminated in 2010 and 2011 after revealing workplace injuries at the terminal in Havre, Montana, which is in contravention of provisions of the Federal Railroad Safety Act protecting whistleblowers.[66]
In August 2016, a "huge number" of used hypodermic drug needles were found along a BNSF railroad bridge in between the University Park and St. Johns neighborhoods of Portland, Oregon that has become an encampment for homeless individuals. According to a conductor quoted by The Oregonian "Pretty much see people down there at all hours of the night. We report them but nobody does anything."[67]
In March 2024 the company furloughed 360 mechanical workers, a small percentage of the railroad’s 37,000 employees, but enough to encourage a condemning letter from the
Equipment
According to the 2007 BNSF Annual Report, at the end of 2007 the railway had more than 40,000 employees; 6,400 locomotives (8,359 as of 2018); and 85,338 freight cars (72,369 as of 2018).
- Broken down by specific kind of car, the BNSF owned:
- 36,439 covered hoppers
- 13,690 gondolas
- 11,428 open hoppers
- 10,470 flatcars
- 7,948 boxcars
- 4,196 refrigerated "reefer" cars
- 427 tank cars
- 416 automobile carriers
- 81 private/business cars
- 324 "other" types of cars
- In addition, the railroad also owned:
- 3,253 domestic containers
- 11,714 domestic chassis (Swap body) (?)
- 4,070 company service vehicles
- 1,200 trailers
- 163 commuter passenger cars
At the end of 2007, the average age (from date of manufacture) was 15 years for the BNSF's locomotive fleet and 14 years for the freight car fleet.
On January 24, 2006, BNSF announced a US$2.4 billion program of infrastructure upgrades for 2006. The upgrade program includes: double- and triple-tracking 40 miles (64 km) of track and a second mainline track through
Paint schemes
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Most of BNSF's high-horsepower road locomotives are painted in "Heritage" schemes – primarily based on BN predecessor Great Northern Railway's colors of Omaha Orange and Pullman Green, with yellow striping and silver underframes. Since 2005, BNSF's locomotives feature black instead of dark green paint.
Many locomotives retain their original paint schemes, but this is gradually changing, as these units are now either being retired, or rebuilt and repainted in the Heritage III and Heritage IV schemes, respectively.
The first locomotive to bear BNSF lettering was BN
By January 1996, BNSF had begun painting locomotives originally ordered for BN and ATSF patched with “BNSF” on the front and sides.
On January 24, 2005, as part of its tenth-anniversary celebration, the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway was renamed BNSF Railway and adopted a new logo.
Since 2006, BNSF's locomotives designated for yard work or local trains have been painted in the Heritage IV scheme. Somewhat of a simplified form of the Heritage III scheme, Heritage IV is virtually identical to the original Heritage I scheme, with black instead of dark green, and the current BNSF logo.
See also
- BNSF Railway Police, the law enforcement agency responsible for policing BNSF trackage and property
- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Manitoba, a subsidiary of BNSF, located in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Notes
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- ^ "Railroad News". Trains. September 1994. pp. 14–16.
- ^ Michael W. Blaszak, Illinois Central, KCS seek a potent union, Trains, October 1994, pp. 14–16
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- ^ Arrivals & Departures, Trains, April 1995, p. 18
- ^ Kevin P. Keefe, Will Rob Krebs win the West?, Trains, May 1995, pp. 14–15
- ^ Scanner, Trains, June 1995, p. 21
- ^ J. David Ingles, BN-Santa Fe widens its lanes, Trains, July 1995, pp. 22–23
- ^ News Photos, Trains, July 1996, p. 30
- ^ Interstate Commerce Commission, Finance Docket No. 31730 (Sub-No. 1)[permanent dead link], August 25, 1995
- ^ Arrivals & Departures, Trains, October 1995, p. 18
- ^ Scanner, Trains, June 1996, p. 23
- Securities and Exchange Commission, Form 10-K: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporationfor the year ended December 31, 2007
- ^ Keefe, Kevin P. (December 1995). "Carving up the West". Trains. pp. 16–18.
- ^ Surface Transportation Board, Finance Docket No. 32760, August 6, 1996
- ^ Stephens, Bill (July 1996). "Is Conrail a UP spoiler?". Trains. pp. 19–22.
- ^ Surface Transportation Board, Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No. 19)[permanent dead link], September 9, 1996
- ^ "Arrivals & Departures". Trains. September 1996. p. 20.
- ^ Arrivals & Departures, Trains, December 1996, p. 22
- ^ Ingles, J. David (January 1997). "BNSF begins service on UP merger routes". Trains. pp. 20–21.
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- ^ Lustig, David (February 1995). "Merger or no, Santa Fe has work to do". Trains. pp. 20–22.
- ^ Michael W. Blaszak, CN, BNSF seek to combine; timing curious, Trains, March 2000, pp. 16–18
- ^ Michael W. Blaszak, STB slams on the brakes on mergers, Trains, June 2000, pp. 16–17
- ^ Michael W. Blaszak, Stymied: BNSF, CN won't fight on, Trains, October 2000, pp. 18–19
- ^ Michael W. Blaszak, Lawyers, start your engines!, Trains, September 2001, pp. 16–17
- ^ "CP-KCS Merger Proceeding Moves Forward". February 19, 2022.
- ^ Franz, Justin (March 15, 2023). "LIVE UPDATES: Regulators Approve CP-KCS Merger". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
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- ^ "Berkshire Bets on U.S. With a Railroad Purchase". November 3, 2009. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017.
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- ^ BNSF Railway Company (March 1, 2013). "FORM 10-K" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on September 13, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
- ^ "Montana Rail Link to bow out". Trains. April 2022. p. 4.
- ^ "MRL employees advised rail sold to BNSF". NBC Montana. January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
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- ^ Franz, Justin (January 11, 2022). "Washington Companies to terminate Montana Rail Link lease". Montana Free Press. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ^ "BNSF to take over Montana Rail Link after leasing agreement terminated". Missoula Current. January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ UPDATE: STB Approves MRL Lease Termination, BNSF to Takeover by Year's End Railfan & Railroad March 8, 2023
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- ^ For a general guide to the railroad, see Del Grosso, "Montana Rail Link Trackside Guide and Locomotive Directory" (1992, Great Northern Pacific Publications).
- ^ Stephens, Bill (June 16, 2023). "BNSF Railway sets date for taking control of Montana Rail Link". Trains. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
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- ^ "BNSF Agricultural Facilities: On-line Grain Elevator Directory". Archived from the original on May 9, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2009.
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- ^ "BNSF Subdivision Map" (PDF). BNSF Railway. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
- ^ BNSF employee timetables, 2006–2008
- ^ BNSF Railway Twin Cities Division, Northern Light Archived 2012-03-01 at the Wayback Machine (employee newsletter), March 2009: "The Mobridge Subdivision from Aberdeen to Hettinger ceded from Twin Cities Division to the Montana Division Jan. 20 to break down territory in the region, allowing for better coverage."
- ^ "Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway ordered by US Department of Labor's OSHA to pay more than $526,000 to terminated workers". Occupational Health & Safety Administration, US Department of Labour. April 23, 2014.
- ^ Acker, Lizzy (August 17, 2016). "Numerous used hypodermic needles found in University Park". The Oregonian. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
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- ^ Kenn, Mary (April 2, 2024). "Are Railroad Layoffs Compromising Safety and Service?". DTN Progressive Farmer.
- ^ "BNSF Announces $2.4 Billion Capital Commitment Program for 2006; About $400 Million Again Slated for Track/Facilities Expansion" (Press release). January 24, 2006. Archived from the original on February 5, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2006.
- ^ Kevin P. Keefe and Steve Glischinski, Meanwhile, back in Fort Worth..., Trains, November 1995, pp. 18-18A
- ^ Burlington Northern Santa Fe: A gradual change of image, Trains, April 1996, p. 17
- ^ Steve Glischinski, It's 'all in the family' with the latest BNSF locomotive paint scheme, Trains, August 1996, pp. 16–17
- ^ News Photos, Trains, October 1996, p. 28
- ^ Railroad News, Trains, October 1997, pp. 30–31
- ^ Michael W. Blaszak, BNSF strives for an effective blend, Trains, April 1997, p. 43
- ^ BNSF Adopts New Corporate and Subsidiary Logos and Changes Name of Railway Subsidiary as Part of Tenth Anniversary Celebration Archived November 29, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, January 24, 2005
- ^ Front-runner for new BNSF image, Trains, June 2005, p. 20
- ^ BNSF selects new livery; is it "Heritage III"?, Trains, July 2005, p. 25
- ^ Another BNSF "one of a kind?", Trains, August 2005, p. 25
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- ^ "Lake Ashtabula Segment". North County Trail Association – Sheyenne River Valley Chapter. Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
References
- BNSF Railway (January 24, 2005), BNSF Adopts New Corporate and Subsidiary Logos and Changes Name of Railway Subsidiary as Part of Tenth Anniversary Celebration. Retrieved January 25, 2005.
- BNSF Railway (February 9, 2005), Port of Los Angeles begins discussions with BNSF Railway Company on new intermodal facility. Retrieved February 10, 2005.