Burlington Northn Santa Fe

Burlington Northn Santa Fe is a publicly traded company having a good stock performance result. Burlington Northn Santa Fe is a fortune 500 stock listed company trading under the symbol BNI.

Burlington Northern Corporation was created on March 2, 1970. The company was incorporated in 1994 with its headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides rail transportation services in North America. The company transports various products and commodities, including consumer, industrial, coal, and agricultural products.

2004 was a historic year for the company but as it turned out, 2005 was even better. During a time of unprecedented demand for rail transportation, they delivered the capacity their customers required. And did it safely and efficiently. Their volume growth of 5 Percent again led the largest Class I railroads.

For 2005 the company also posted a record of nearly 13 billion dollars in revenue. This 19 percent revenue increase was coupled with solid expense control. The result was operating income of nearly 3 billion dollars in 2005, almost a 73 percent improvement over 2004. Their productivity, measured as 26.8 million gross ton-miles handled per employee and continues to be the highest among the largest Class One railroads. 2005 was their tenth year since the merger that created BNSF. As we review 2005 and the past decade, BNSF people are to be congratulated for exceeding many of the goals set at the time of the merger. Their 40,000 people demonstrated again the tremendous value that rail franchise brings to the entire U.S. supply chain.

For 2005, each of their four business units achieved new revenue and volume records. Coal revenues increased 8 percent, as BNSF transported more than 259 million tons of coal. Agricultural Products revenues were up 20 percent for a total of more than 900,000 shipments, led by corn and soybean exports and growing domestic demand for ethanol. Industrial Products revenues grew 17 percent, driven by building products and petroleum. Consumer Products, which includes domestic and international business, posted a 22 percent revenue increase and exceeded 5 million shipments for the first time. The company’s record growth definitely challenges their franchise capacity. In 2006 the company will focus on improving velocity with the additional business that the marketplace wants them to handle.

The Mission of the company is providing transportation services that consistently exceed customers' expectations and continuously improving by striving to do the right thing safely and efficiently.