BNSF Railway
The BNSF Railway Company is the biggest freight railroad network in North America. BNSF has 44,000 employees. They are one of ten Class I railroads. They have 32,500 miles (52,300 km) of track in 28 states. They have more than 8,000 locomotives.[1] It has three transcontinental routes that have rail connections between the western and eastern United States.
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Reporting mark | BNSF |
Locale | Midwest United States, Western United States, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Eastern United States |
Dates of operation | September 22, 1995–Present |
Predecessor | List
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Length | 32,500 mi (52,300 km) |
Headquarters | Fort Worth, Texas |
Website | www |
Railyards
Large freight car hump yards are located throughout the BNSF system.[2]
- Barstow, California - Barstow Yard
- Galesburg, Illinois - Galesburg Yard
- Kansas City, Kansas - Argentine Yard
- Memphis, Tennessee - Tennessee Yard
- Minneapolis, Minnesota - Northtown Yard
- Pasco, Washington - Pasco Yard
- Seattle, Washington - Balmer Yard
- Tulsa, Oklahoma - Cherokee Yard
- Lincoln, Nebraska - Hobson Yard
Location of major intermodal yards:
- Edgerton, Kansas - Logistics Park Kansas City (LPKC)[3][4]
- Joliet, Illinois - Logistics Park Chicago
- Los Angeles, California - Los Angeles intermodal facility
Operating divisions
BNSF Railway Media
BNSF Dash 9-44CW #1041 leading a manifest freight train northwest of Shallowater, Texas, running on former ATSF railroad tracks that run parallel to U.S. Route 84 as they cross the high plains of the Llano Estacado. Immediately behind the locomotive are cars painted in the old Burlington Northern livery.
GE Dash 9-44CW 4464 leads a container train through Winslow, Arizona, in the rain on the BNSF Southern Transcon in Northern Arizona.
The BNSF 'heritage' logo found on an EMD SD70MAC. The colors of the logo represented the railroads that are part of BNSF.
BNSF ES44DC 7402 leads a train of Boeing 737 fuselages at Greenwood, Nebraska, in October 2014
An eastbound BNSF Railway train passes some maintenance of way equipment in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, August 8, 2004. The lead unit is painted in the Heritage II scheme.
BNSF 880362, a DOT-111 tank car passing Glen Haven, Wisconsin, shows the new corporate logo on June 3, 2006
BNSF 5696 pulling a Metrolink train in the aftermath of the 2015 Oxnard train derailment
References
- ↑ BNSF - Fact Sheet
- ↑ Trains Magazine (July 8, 2006). "North America's Hump Yards". Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved June 27, 2008.
- ↑ "BNSF Railway opens Logistics Park Kansas City; The Kansas City Star; October 17, 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-10-22.
- ↑ BNSF Dedicates Opening of its New Logistics Park Kansas City Intermodal Facility; BNSF; October 17, 2013.
- ↑ 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."