BNSF

BNSF Railway, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., operates one of the largest freight rail networks in North America — more than 32,000 route miles across 28 states and three Canadian provinces, connecting to Mexico through rail lines in Texas. BNSF publishes a genuine customer-facing API programme: eight OpenAPI 3.0 documents totalling 59 operations covering shipment tracing, intermodal and automotive hub gate operations, freight pricing and invoices, intermodal schedules, waybill management, rail reference data and diagnostics, plus a six-event webhook push surface. Every call is authenticated with certificate-based mutual TLS on port 6443; there is no API key and no OAuth, and 27 of the 59 operations are Restricted Services requiring separate authorisation.

BNSF publishes 5 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including AUTOMOTIVE API, CARLOAD API, INTERMODAL API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Freight, Railroad, Shipping, Trains, and Intermodal.

The BNSF catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

BNSF’s developer surface includes authentication, sandbox, developer portal, documentation, API reference, developer console, getting-started guide, and 34 more developer resources.

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47.6/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 30/100 agent ready Front door AI 1/6 silent Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0

AccessFreemiumApproval

32 published contracts

Freight Railroad Shipping Trains Intermodal Logistics Supply Chain Transportation

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Supply Chain Management

BC-520

AutomotiveCARLOADIntermodalTRAINS

GET /v1/trip-plan-automotive POST /v1/vins GET /v1/cars GET /v1/trip-plan-carload

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0

Composite quality — 47.6/100 · developing

Contract Quality 8.7 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 9.9 / 15

Access Clarity 5.1 / 15

Operational Transparency 3.9 / 10

Contract Governance 1.6 / 9

Discoverability 5.9 / 8

Regulatory Posture 3.7 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 30/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

BNSF AUTOMOTIVE API

The AUTOMOTIVE API from BNSF — 4 operation(s) for automotive.

BNSF CARLOAD API

The CARLOAD API from BNSF — 3 operation(s) for carload.

BNSF INTERMODAL API

The INTERMODAL API from BNSF — 2 operation(s) for intermodal.

BNSF Requests API

The Requests API from BNSF — 41 operation(s) for requests.

BNSF TRAINS API

The TRAINS API from BNSF — 4 operation(s) for trains.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Bnsf Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Bnsf Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Bnsf Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Bnsf Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

OpenAPI Overlays 8

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Bnsf Automotive Hub Operations Overlay

12 actions · documentation · bnsf-automotive-hub-operations-openapi.json

GENERATED

Bnsf Diagnostics Overlay

7 actions · documentation · bnsf-diagnostics-openapi.json

GENERATED

Bnsf Intermodal Hub Operations Overlay

28 actions · documentation · bnsf-intermodal-hub-operations-openapi.json

GENERATED

Bnsf Prices Overlay

9 actions · documentation · bnsf-prices-openapi.json

GENERATED

Bnsf Reference Files Overlay

10 actions · documentation · bnsf-reference-files-openapi.json

GENERATED

Bnsf Schedules Overlay

6 actions · documentation · bnsf-schedules-openapi.json

GENERATED

Bnsf Trace Overlay

20 actions · documentation · bnsf-trace-openapi.json

GENERATED

Bnsf Waybill Overlay

7 actions · documentation · bnsf-waybill-openapi.json

GENERATED

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Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Bnsf Authentication

mutualTLS · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Bnsf Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Bnsf Agentic Access

59 operations · 35 acting · 3 human-in-the-loop

59 operations · 35 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 7

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Sandbox

Portal

DeveloperPortal

Console

GettingStarted

SignUp

Login

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Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

OpenAPI

OpenAPI

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conformance

DataModel

Webhooks

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

Packages

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Support

Support

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

FinOps

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Other 9

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

Overlay

Overlay

Overlay

Overlay

Overlay

Overlay

Overlay

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: bnsf
name: BNSF
description: 'BNSF Railway, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., operates one of the largest freight rail networks in
  North America — more than 32,000 route miles across 28 states and three Canadian provinces, connecting to Mexico through
  rail lines in Texas. BNSF publishes a genuine customer-facing API programme: eight OpenAPI 3.0 documents totalling 59 operations
  covering shipment tracing, intermodal and automotive hub gate operations, freight pricing and invoices, intermodal schedules,
  waybill management, rail reference data and diagnostics, plus a six-event webhook push surface. Every call is authenticated
  with certificate-based mutual TLS on port 6443; there is no API key and no OAuth, and 27 of the 59 operations are Restricted
  Services requiring separate authorisation.'
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: approval
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Requires approval
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bnsf.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bnsf/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-02-06'
modified: '2026-09-16'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- Freight
- Railroad
- Shipping
- Trains
- Intermodal
- Logistics
- Supply Chain
- Transportation
position: Producing
apis:
- aid: bnsf:bnsf-automotive-api
  name: BNSF AUTOMOTIVE API
  description: The AUTOMOTIVE API from BNSF — 4 operation(s) for automotive.
  humanURL: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/
  baseURL: https://api.bnsf.com:6443
  tags:
  - Automotive
  tags_raw:
  - AUTOMOTIVE
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bnsf-automotive-api-openapi.yml
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-trace-openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/catalog/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/developers-console/
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/trace.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-intermodal-hub-operations-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/intermodal-hub-operations.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-automotive-hub-operations-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/automotive-hub-operations.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-prices-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/prices.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-schedules-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/schedules.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-waybill-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/waybill.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-reference-files-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/reference-files.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-diagnostics-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/diagnostics.json
- aid: bnsf:bnsf-carload-api
  name: BNSF CARLOAD API
  description: The CARLOAD API from BNSF — 3 operation(s) for carload.
  humanURL: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/
  baseURL: https://api.bnsf.com:6443
  tags:
  - CARLOAD
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bnsf-carload-api-openapi.yml
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-trace-openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/catalog/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/developers-console/
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/trace.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-intermodal-hub-operations-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/intermodal-hub-operations.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-automotive-hub-operations-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/automotive-hub-operations.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-prices-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/prices.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-schedules-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/schedules.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-waybill-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/waybill.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-reference-files-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/reference-files.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-diagnostics-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/diagnostics.json
- aid: bnsf:bnsf-intermodal-api
  name: BNSF INTERMODAL API
  description: The INTERMODAL API from BNSF — 2 operation(s) for intermodal.
  humanURL: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/
  baseURL: https://api.bnsf.com:6443
  tags:
  - Intermodal
  tags_raw:
  - INTERMODAL
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bnsf-intermodal-api-openapi.yml
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-trace-openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/catalog/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/developers-console/
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/trace.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-intermodal-hub-operations-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/intermodal-hub-operations.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-automotive-hub-operations-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/automotive-hub-operations.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-prices-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/prices.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-schedules-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/schedules.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-waybill-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/waybill.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-reference-files-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/reference-files.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-diagnostics-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/diagnostics.json
- aid: bnsf:bnsf-requests-api
  name: BNSF Requests API
  description: The Requests API from BNSF — 41 operation(s) for requests.
  humanURL: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/
  baseURL: https://api.bnsf.com:6443
  tags:
  - Requests
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bnsf-requests-api-openapi.yml
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-trace-openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/catalog/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/developers-console/
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/trace.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-intermodal-hub-operations-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/intermodal-hub-operations.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-automotive-hub-operations-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/automotive-hub-operations.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-prices-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/prices.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-schedules-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/schedules.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-waybill-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/waybill.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-reference-files-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/reference-files.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-diagnostics-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/diagnostics.json
- aid: bnsf:bnsf-trains-api
  name: BNSF TRAINS API
  description: The TRAINS API from BNSF — 4 operation(s) for trains.
  humanURL: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/
  baseURL: https://api.bnsf.com:6443
  tags:
  - Trains
  tags_raw:
  - TRAINS
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bnsf-trains-api-openapi.yml
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-trace-openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/catalog/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/developers-console/
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/trace.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-intermodal-hub-operations-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/intermodal-hub-operations.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-automotive-hub-operations-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/automotive-hub-operations.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-prices-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/prices.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-schedules-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/schedules.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-waybill-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/waybill.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-reference-files-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/reference-files.json
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: openapi/_original/bnsf-diagnostics-openapi.json
  - type: Specification
    url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/diagnostics.json
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/bnsf-capability-edges.yml
  name: BNSF Business Capability Map
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/bnsf-trace-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/bnsf-intermodal-hub-operations-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/bnsf-automotive-hub-operations-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/bnsf-prices-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/bnsf-schedules-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/bnsf-waybill-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/bnsf-reference-files-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/bnsf-diagnostics-overlay.yaml
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/_original/bnsf-trace-openapi.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/bnsf-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/bnsf-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/bnsf-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/bnsf-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/bnsf-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/bnsf-data-model.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/bnsf-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/bnsf-plans-pricing.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/bnsf-sandbox.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/bnsf-webhooks.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/bnsf-llms.txt
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/bnsf-mcp.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/bnsf-packages.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bnsf-domain-security.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/bnsf-agentic-access.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/bnsf-finops.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.bnsf.com
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/catalog/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/developers-console/
- type: Console
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/developers-console/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/getting-started/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/registration/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/support-services/customer-api/support/
- type: Login
  url: https://customer2.bnsf.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/news-media/railtalk/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/site-terms-of-use.html
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.bnsf.com/privacy-policy.html
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bnsf-railway
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kinlane@gmail.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-06'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 42
  pass: local-v3
x-parent: berkshire-hathaway
x-relationship: subsidiary

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