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BNSF Railway (reporting mark BNSF) is the largest freight railroad in the United States. One of six North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 36,000 employees, [1] 33,400 miles (53,800 km) of track in 28 states, and over 8,000 locomotives. [2]
The line is operated by BNSF under a "purchase of service agreement" with Metra, inherited from Burlington Northern. While Metra owns all rolling stock, the management and crews are BNSF employees. BNSF is the owner of the right-of-way, controls the line and handles dispatching from corporate headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. Metra imposes a ...
The Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway (reporting mark AGR) is a Class II railroad [1] owned by Genesee & Wyoming.It operates 339 miles (546 km) of track [2] from the Pensacola, Florida export terminals, west of downtown, north to Columbus, Mississippi, with trackage rights along BNSF Railway to Amory, Mississippi.
West Michigan Railroad: Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railway: KLS 1905 1925 N/A Kalamazoo, Lowell and Northern Michigan Railroad: PM: 1871 1883 Hastings, Lowell and Northern Michigan Railroad: Kalamazoo and Schoolcraft Railroad: NYC: 1866 1869 Kalamazoo and White Pigeon Railroad: Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad: NYC: 1869 1916 Michigan ...
BNSF was the first railroad to order locomotive rebuilds with an order for 21 AC44C4Ms that were delivered in September 2015. [5] [6] The AC44C4M is similar to the AC44C6M, but AC44C4M locomotives feature 4 traction motors and an A1A-A1A configuration rather than the AC44C6M's 6-traction motors in a C-C configuration.
Major funding came from the state of Michigan, which paid $1.6 million (equivalent to $4.97 million in 2023 [24]) to install new ties on the track to Ontonagon. [21] In April 1983 the E&LS RR and the Northeast Wisconsin Railroad Commission signed an agreement to rehabilitate 50 miles (80 km) of track between Green Bay and Crivitz.
The engine led a BNSF locomotive and a dozen of BNSF's business-car fleet around the upper Midwest portion of BNSF's route. This brought the engine back to Chicago before heading north to North Dakota and Montana , then through Minneapolis into Iowa before the EAS concluded at Topeka Railroad Days. 261 ended the 1998 operating season after a ...
The Scenic Subdivision or Scenic Sub is a railroad line running about 155 miles (249 km) from Seattle, Washington to Wenatchee, Washington.It is operated by BNSF Railway as part of their Northern Transcon.