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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 ...
An inbound Metra train arrives in Naperville, pushed by an MP36PH-3S. The BNSF Line is a Metra commuter rail line operated by the BNSF Railway in Chicago and its western suburbs, running from Chicago Union Station to Aurora, Illinois. In 2010, the BNSF Line continued to have the highest weekday ridership (average 64,600) of the 11 Metra lines. [3]
Gateway Subdivision. The Gateway Subdivision is a railroad line owned by the BNSF Railway. It runs from Klamath Falls, Oregon in the north to Keddie, California at the south end. [1]
In May 19 of 2004 – Gunter Train Collision – Two BNSF freight trains collide head-on near Gunter, Texas. The train engineer of the southbound train was killed. [3] June 28, 2004 – A westbound Union Pacific Railroad freight train collides with the middle of an eastbound BNSF freight that was entering a siding at Macdona, Texas.
Argentine Yard. Aerial view of the yard from 2016, looking south. The Argentine Yard is a classification yard of the BNSF Railway in Kansas City, Kansas. With 60 directional tracks and an area of over 3 km 2, it is the largest classification yard in the BNSF network. It is located between the Kansas River to the north and the Argentine district ...
Aurora Subdivision. The Aurora Subdivision or Aurora Sub is a railway line in Wisconsin and Illinois operated by BNSF Railway. It is part of BNSF's Chicago, Illinois, to Seattle, Washington, Northern Transcon. This segment runs about 262 miles (422 km) from the St. Croix Subdivision in La Crosse, Wisconsin, to the Chicago Subdivision in Aurora ...
After the GN was merged into the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1970, the name of the MGNR was changed to Burlington Northern Manitoba Ltd. (BNML) in 1971. 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 ...
Railways, tramways, and/or rail transit systems. The BNSF Police Department or the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Police Department ( BNSFPD) is a private railroad police department and the law enforcement agency of the BNSF Railway, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. [1] The BNSFPD is one of six American Class I railroad law ...