BNSF Facts

BNSF...

is the largest transporter of low-sulfur coal in the world.

hauled enough coal to generate nearly 10 percent of the nation's electricity last year.

is the largest transporter of grain by rail in North America.

runs Hobart yard in Los Angeles, the busiest trailer and container-handling rail facility in the world. In 2000, this facility moved more than one million containers/trailers.

is the largest transporter of aluminum, aircraft parts and beer by rail in the U.S.

was the first railroad to commit to alternating current (AC) traction locomotive technology in North American rail operations.

has the shortest route between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest (2,218 miles to Seattle) and one of the shortest between Chicago and Southern California (2,214 miles to Los Angeles).