Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation - BNI- Profile

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation. The Group's principal activity is to operate railroad networks in North America. As on 31-Dec-2006 the Group operates in about 32,000 route miles covering 28 states and two Canadian provinces. 9,000 route miles of BNSF Railway's system consist of trackage rights that permit BNSF Railway to operate its trains with its crews over other railroads' tracks. The Group manages its investment in its principal and wholly-owned subsidiary. The BNSF railway transports a wide range of products and commodities including the transportation of consumer products, industrial products, coal, metals, minerals, automobiles and automobile parts and agricultural products derived from manufacturing and natural resource industries. Consumer Products accounted for 38% of 2006 revenues; Industrial Products, 24%; Coal, 19%, Agricultural Products, 16% & Oth, 3%