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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] It has three transcontinental routes that provide rail connections between the western and eastern ...
The last name change was to Burlington Northern Santa Fe (Manitoba) took place in 1999, following the merger of the BNSF Railway in 1996. There are currently seven employees: train crew having four, and maintenance of way having three. [citation needed]
BNSF Railway employee numbers are being reduced in the Topeka area. Kendall Kirkham Sloan, BNSF director of external communications, said the company works continuously to align their people and ...
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 ...
A BNSF freight train passes Corcoran station on the Bakersfield Subdivision, 2010 The Bakersfield Subdivision is a railway line in California owned and operated by the BNSF Railway . It runs from Fresno in the north where it connects to the Stockton Subdivision and Bakersfield in the south where it continues as the Mojave Subdivision .
This is a route-map template for the Scenic Subdivision, a BNSF railway line in the United States.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
BNSF C44-9W 758 and ES44C4 4272 has derailed, including a few intermodal cars with containers. Two crews were injured and most of the fuel spilled. [46] November 4, 2024 – A BNSF grain train collides with a BNSF maintenance of way vehicle in New Rockford, ND. The driver was killed and the passenger was injured. [47]
This line is still owned and operated to this day by the BNSF Railway under a purchase-of-service agreement with Metra. In May 1980 when Mount St. Helens erupted, the BNR owned the land around the summit of Mount St. Helens in Washington state. In the 19th century, the United States government distributed land to railroads as a way to open up ...