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BNSF Railway (reporting mark BNSF) is the largest freight railroad in the United States. One of six North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 36,000 employees, [1] 33,400 miles (53,800 km) of track in 28 states, and over 8,000 locomotives. [2]
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From 1965 to 2023, the stock price had negative performance in only eleven years (1966, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1984, 1990, 1999, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2015). [7] In August 2024, Berkshire Hathaway became the eighth U.S. public company and the first non-technology company to be valued at over $1 trillion on the list of public corporations by market ...
Joint venture with Jefferies Financial Group, formerly known as Leucadia Berkshire Hathaway Assurance: Insurance 100% 2007/12/01 Berkshire Hathaway Automotive Automotive 90% 2015/05/09 [14] Renamed from Van Tuyl Group: Berkshire Hathaway Energy: Utilities 92% 1999/03/26 Renamed from Mid-American Energy Holdings: BoatUS: Insurance 2007/07/27
The company was formed as a holding company for MidAmerican Energy Company.In 1999, Berkshire acquired a controlling stake. [5]David L. Sokol was CEO until early 2008. [6] He left Berkshire in 2011 after he personally made a $3 million profit from Berkshire Hathaway's purchase of Lubrizol.
The Chicago Subdivision or Chicago Sub is a railroad line in Illinois that runs about 38 miles (61 km) from Chicago to Aurora and hosts Metra's BNSF Railway Line commuter service. It is operated by BNSF Railway as the easternmost part of the railroad's Northern Transcon to Seattle, Washington.
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The line is operated by BNSF under a "purchase of service agreement" with Metra, inherited from Burlington Northern. While Metra owns all rolling stock, the management and crews are BNSF employees. BNSF is the owner of the right-of-way, controls the line and handles dispatching from corporate headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. Metra imposes a ...