BNSF Railway is the result of a merger in 1995, between the Burlington Northern Railroad and the Santa Fe Railway. Today's BNSF Railway is the product of nearly 400 different railroad lines that merged or were acquired over the course of the last 160 years.
BNSF at a Glance
- 40,000+ employees
- Operates in 28 states and two Canadian provinces
- 2011 total operating revenue was about $19.5 billion
BNSF Railway Galesburg, IL Classification Yard as seen from a Stearman bi-plane taken by a fellow employee, summer 2011. The Classification "Hump" where rail cars are humped (rolled down hill through retarders) at a computer controlled speed to a predetermined track, is at the bottom of the photo. Cars are sorted to make up a train and sent on to a scheduled destination
Just updated, check out this new video of the Nebraska Zephyr as it ran through Galesburg, IL on September 23, 2012.
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