BNSF Railway is comprised of nearly 400 different railroad lines whose tracks have merged or were acquired over the past 160 years. Find the right track for your career: https://bit.ly/2Paacno #BNSFCareer | BNSF Railway

BNSF Railway (short for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway) is one of the largest freight railroad networks in North America with over 8,000 locomotives It operates over 32,500 miles of track across 28 U.S. states and three Canadian provinces and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate controlled by Warren Buffett (acquired in 2010). While Union Pacific owns the Tehachapi Loop seen here, BNSF has trackage rights, allowing its trains to use this route. | Dean Croke

5.3K views · 323 reactions | BNSF holds more patents than all other Class I railroads combined. That’s not just a number, it’s a reflection of how innovation drives our teams to turn ideas into tools that improve safety, efficiency and reliability across our network. From inspecting rails to assembling trains, these patented technologies help us operate smarter. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3twd9687 | BNSF Railway | Facebook

Our agricultural and railroad heritages go hand in hand. In the early years, farmers and the railroad survived and flourished because of each other. And today, that relationship still powers BNSF Railway. But we not only work together with farmers, many of us ARE farmers. Because so many of our people have lived the farming life, they bring an understanding of agriculture customers’ needs to work with them every day. #agriculture #farming | BNSF Railway

Today BNSF proudly celebrates 175 years of service! On February 12, 1849, the Illinois General Assembly chartered the very first BNSF predecessor: the Aurora Branch Railroad. Just a six-mile-long track between Batavia, Illinois, and West Chicago, the Aurora Branch chugged along with borrowed equipment and secondhand steel tracks. Little did the branch line, nor the developing American economy, know this small railway would grow into one of the largest North American railroads. Now the BNSF netwo

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