Berkshire Hathaway

BNSF Railway API

The BNSF API Center provides customer APIs for programmatic integration with BNSF Railway freight shipping operations. APIs enable real-time shipment tracing, intermodal hub operations, pricing and rate retrieval, transit schedule lookups, waybill management, and diagnostic testing. Authentication uses certificate-based mutual TLS (mTLS) for secure identity validation between customers and BNSF systems.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/
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GettingStarted
https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/getting-started/
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APIReference
https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/catalog/
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RateLimits
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/berkshire-hathaway/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/berkshire-hathaway-rate-limits.yml

Other Resources

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Console
https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/developers-console/
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Support
https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/support/
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SignUp
https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/registration/
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Webhooks
https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/push-notifications/
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Specification
https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/trace.json
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Specification
https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/intermodal-hub-operations.json
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Specification
https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/automotive-hub-operations.json
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Specification
https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/prices.json
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Specification
https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/schedules.json
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Specification
https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/waybill.json
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Specification
https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/reference-files.json
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Specification
https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/diagnostics.json
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APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/berkshire-hathaway/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: berkshire-hathaway:bnsf-api
name: BNSF Railway API
tags:
- Freight
- Logistics
- Rail
- Shipment Tracking
- Supply Chain
- Transportation
humanURL: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/
baseURL: https://api.bnsf.com:6443
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/berkshire-hathaway.png
description: The BNSF API Center provides customer APIs for programmatic integration with BNSF Railway
  freight shipping operations. APIs enable real-time shipment tracing, intermodal hub operations, pricing
  and rate retrieval, transit schedule lookups, waybill management, and diagnostic testing. Authentication
  uses certificate-based mutual TLS (mTLS) for secure identity validation between customers and BNSF systems.
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/getting-started/
- type: Console
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/developers-console/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/catalog/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/support/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/registration/
- type: Webhooks
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/push-notifications/
  name: BNSF Push Notifications (Webhooks)
  description: Six provider-documented webhook events with published JSON payloads — Bad Order, Drayage
    Booking, Geofence, Overload, Local Service Notification and Price Update — delivered by HTTPS POST
    from api.bnsf.com to a customer-supplied endpoint, registered on this page.
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/berkshire-hathaway-rate-limits.yml
- type: Specification
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/trace.json
  name: BNSF Tracing API (OpenAPI 3.0.0)
- type: Specification
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/intermodal-hub-operations.json
  name: BNSF Intermodal Hub Operations API (OpenAPI 3.0.0)
- type: Specification
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/automotive-hub-operations.json
  name: BNSF Automotive Hub Operations API (OpenAPI 3.0.0)
- type: Specification
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/prices.json
  name: BNSF Prices and Rates API (OpenAPI 3.0.0)
- type: Specification
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/schedules.json
  name: BNSF Intermodal Schedules API (OpenAPI 3.0.0)
- type: Specification
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/waybill.json
  name: BNSF Waybill Management API (OpenAPI 3.0.0)
- type: Specification
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/reference-files.json
  name: BNSF Reference Files API (OpenAPI 3.0.0)
- type: Specification
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/diagnostics.json
  name: BNSF Diagnostics API (OpenAPI 3.0.0)