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BNSF is the AAR reporting mark for BNSF Railway, formerly Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. The railroad company was formed through the merger of Burlington Northern Railroad and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.
There have been many stories in the past from reputable news sources about Warren Buffett's investments in BNSF Railway stocks. Today, his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, cranked it up to 11 and announced plans to purchase the remaining 77.4% that it didn't already own in a deal valued at $26 billion. Here are a few links to articles with more information:
By now we've all seen brakeman's lanterns with railroad names stamped into the metal or etched onto the globes. Why did they do this? Technically the lanterns were the railroads' property, so if one went missing and was found by someone else, they would know where it was supposed to go for return. North American railroads put their names on everything that could be easily carried for this reason. But did you know that some railroads are even going as far as stamping their initials onto the ties they use in their track? This BNSF tie found in Glen Haven, Wisconsin, this past weekend is evidence of this. Have you found a railroad name where you weren't expecting it yet?
