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Euston (129 posts)
Aug-12-01, 10:23 AM (EST) "What does BNSF stand for?" Sorry, UK rail fan here, no idea what BNSF means, can anyone give me an answer?Euston

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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: What does BNSF stand for? zeeland174 Aug-12-01 1 RE: What does BNSF stand for? Caffeine Aug-17-01 7 RE: What does BNSF stand for? Zed Aug-12-01 2 RE: What does BNSF stand for? MJL Aug-12-01 3 RE: What does BNSF stand for? milwaukeefan Aug-12-01 4 RE: What does BNSF stand for? stationmaster Aug-16-01 5 RE: What does BNSF stand for? bvecrazy Aug-17-01 6 RE: What does BNSF stand for? GordonK Aug-18-01 8 RE: What does BNSF stand for? milwaukeefan Aug-18-01 9

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zeeland174 (12 posts)
Aug-12-01, 10:32 AM (EST) 1. "RE: What does BNSF stand for?" LAST EDITED ON Aug-12-01 AT 10:34 AM (EST)I Think it stands for Burlington Northern Santa Fe. Which i think was the result of the merger of the Burlington northern and the Santa Fe railroad companies Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Caffeine (19 posts)
Aug-17-01, 09:44 AM (EST) 7. "RE: What does BNSF stand for?" >LAST EDITED ON Aug-12-01
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>I Think it stands for Burlington
>Northern Santa Fe. Which i
>think was the result of
>the merger of the Burlington
>northern and the Santa Fe
>railroad companies
Correct - The Santa Fe Railroad full name is Atchison, Topek & Santa Fe Railway, and the Burlington Northern was created by the merger of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Great Northern Railway, Northern Pacific Railway & the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway in the 1970's I think it was. Mind you, it was extremely difficult trying to decide which of those roads was to go first in the new name, and what it was going to be called, with four roads being merged, but Burlington Northern was chosen to keep it simple, and probably because the C B & Q and Gt. Northern roads were the biggest, and thus deserved first place in the naming. I may be wrong but it's pretty logical here Regards...Jim McDermott
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Zed (64 posts)
Aug-12-01, 12:45 PM (EST) 2. "RE: What does BNSF stand for?" A page showing the evolution of North American railroads can be found at the Webville and Hypertext Railroad Company:http://www.spikesys.com/Trains/fmly_tre.html Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
MJL (30 posts)
Aug-12-01, 12:55 PM (EST) 3. "RE: What does BNSF stand for?" LAST EDITED ON Aug-12-01 AT 12:55 PM (EST)BNSF -- (Burlington Northern - SanteFe) -- Sante Fe has always been Sante Fe, Burlington Northern , was formed by several roads in 1970 -- never mind I'm not going to re-type the thing here -- check out the link belowhttp://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/000/383vcfie.aspThis link shows the geneology of the other major US roadshttp://www.trains.com/story/story_list.asp?idMenuCategory=2&idMenuSubCategory=25&idMenuMinorCategory=2506hope that helps
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milwaukeefan (107 posts)
Aug-12-01, 08:05 PM (EST) 4. "RE: What does BNSF stand for?" nd the Atchitson Topeka and Santa Fe hasnt always been that, very few railroads ever are, because most were formed from very short railroads combined together in the middle to late 1800s. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
stationmaster (105 posts)
Aug-16-01, 03:20 PM (EST) 5. "RE: What does BNSF stand for?" Buy Norfolk Southern Foreclosure? ;-D Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
bvecrazy (21 posts)
Aug-17-01, 08:48 AM (EST) 6. "RE: What does BNSF stand for?" I used to think it was Bulington North Southern Freight Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
GordonK (10 posts)
Aug-18-01, 01:15 AM (EST) 8. "RE: What does BNSF stand for?" Some clever cynic nicknamed the Burlington Northern the "Big Nothing." After the merger with Santa Fe, it became "Bigger Now, Same Foulups." (The "F" may have abbreviated another word, possibly, which I will leave to your imagination.GK Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
milwaukeefan (107 posts)
Aug-18-01, 12:46 PM (EST) 9. "RE: What does BNSF stand for?" ??? whoever that was is an idiot, because BNSF is the 2nd best run railroad and is trying to merge with the first, CN. If you want to criticize, go for NS and in 1997-1999 UP. But BNSF, with very fast reliable intermodal service, does not deserve that name. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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