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BNSF Railway
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- Kind
- Freight railroad
- Markets
- 1
- Positions held
- 3
The largest US Class I by freight volume.
- Kind
- Freight railroad — Berkshire Hathaway
- Headquarters
- United States
- Ownership
- Subsidiary
- Segments
- Operations, Maintenance, Track
- Present in
- United States
Footprint
United States
| Kind | Where | Detail | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Fort Worth, TX (2650 Lou Menk Drive); wholly owned by Berkshire Hathaway since February 2010 |
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Ownership and structure
- operates for Sound Transit — Operator of Sounder commuter rail service and owner of the railway between Tacoma and Everett (active)
Positions held
SegmentTechnologyPhase
- leases to CTIO — Non-binding term sheet of 30 April 2026 under which BNSF would allow CTIO to use BNSF track on the Service Area for three daily round-trip intercity passenger rail trains between Denver Union Station and Fort Collins (pending · since 2026-04-30)
- supplies ODOT Rail and Public Transit — Host railroad and match contributor: the Willbridge Crossovers project drew match contributions from Amtrak and BNSF Railway alongside federal and Connect Oregon funds (active)
- supplied by SDI — Approved standard rail supplier (active)
- Contract detail and values (2)In the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (9)
- ● Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) · Term Sheet between the High Performance Transportation Enterprise d.b.a. Colorado Transportation Investment Office and BNSF Railway Company for the Joint Service, dated 30 April 2026 (redacted, 21 pages) (published 2026-04-30 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Front Range Passenger Rail District (FRPRD) · Delivery Plan — Colorado Connector, 31 August 2026 final, 81 pages: phasing, partners, Starter Service and Full Service capital and operating costs and funding sources (published 2026-08-31 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Regional Transportation District (RTD) · Joint Service — Joint Service Executive Oversight Committee, SB24-184 partners, BNSF term sheet webinar of 9 April 2026, JSEOC agendas and meeting schedule (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Oregon Department of Transportation · Draft Oregon State Rail Plan 2027 (PDF, 199 pages, 15,850,098 bytes), published for comment 8 September 2026. Sections used: the existing rail system profile (two Class I railroads and 23 Class III short-line railroads, six of them switching railroads and terminal yards); the Amtrak Cascades service and rolling stock sections; the state-identified near-term and long-term passenger rail capital investments; Table 4-10 recent Oregon rail program funding 2025-2027; and Table 4-11 Connect Oregon rail funding. (published 2026-09-08 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Steel Dynamics · SDI standard rail approved by BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific and Amtrak (published 2010-10 · checked 2026-09-06)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · 2026 Adopted Budget and Financial Plan — agency overview, transit operating budgets by mode, project budgets, Transit Improvement Plan and Appendix I project and programme detail pages (published 2026-03-23 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Resolution No. R2026-11, Updating the ST3 System Plan (Board final action 28 May 2026), with Attachment A tables 1-3 and the updated sources-and-uses summary (published 2026-05-28 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Report - Transit Development Plan 2026-2031 (submitted under RCW 35.58.2795; information current as of June 2026; Board adoption scheduled 27 August 2026) (published 2026-08-06 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Washington State Department of Transportation · How we manage the trains — Amtrak Cascades sponsorship, corridor management, business model and train equipment (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
Competes with
Other freight railroad players present in the same markets.
1 source · secondary
- ○ Wikipedia · BNSF Railway — Fort Worth HQ; wholly owned by Berkshire Hathaway since 2010 (checked 2026-09-06)
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