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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 |
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.
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]

A second-generation Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) yard-switching engine at Hobson Yard in Lincoln, Nebraska.
- Joliet, Illinois - Logistics Park Chicago
- Los Angeles, California - Los Angeles intermodal facility
Operating divisions
References
- ↑ BNSF - Fact Sheet
- ↑ Trains Magazine (July 8, 2006). "North America's Hump Yards". http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=537. Retrieved June 27, 2008.
- ↑ "BNSF Railway opens Logistics Park Kansas City; The Kansas City Star; October 17, 2013.". Archived from the original on 20131022. https://web.archive.org/web/20131022222618/http://www.kansascity.com/2013/10/17/4559822/bnsf-railway-opens-logistics-park.html.
- ↑ 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."