BNSF Railway Company
BNSF Railway is a transcontinental railroad company that has been operating for more than 150 years. BNSF transports coal, agricultural products, consumer products and industrial products.1
August 5, 2008: BNSF Railway announced that it will extend its mileage-based fuel program to customers who do not currently pay on a mileage-based scale, starting on January 15, 2009. For intermodal customers, the extension will begin on February 18, 2009. According to press reports, BNSF believes the new program will allow it to accurately "[reflect] the impact of fuel price changes."2
Fast Facts
- Mileage-based fuel surcharge program established in 20062
- Route miles: 32,000
- Locomotives: 6,300
- Employees: 40,0003
- Largest transporter of aircraft parts by rail in the United States1
- Headquarters: Fort Worth, Texas
- 2007 sales: $15.802 million3
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