What is BNSF Railway?
{{Infobox rail |railroad_name = BNSF Railway |logo_filename = BNSF logo.svg |logo_size = 200px |logo_alt = |system_map = |map_caption = System map ([[trackage rights]] in purple) |map_size = 250px |map_alt = |image = |image_size = 250px |image_caption = |image_alt = |marks = BNSF |locale = [[Midwest (U.S.)|Midwest United States]], [[Western United States]], [[Manitoba]], [[Saskatchewan]], [[British Columbia]], [[Eastern United States]] |start_year = September 22, 1995 |end_year = Present |predecessor_line = {{collapsible list| * [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] * [[Burlington Northern Railroad]] }} |successor_line = |gauge = {{RailGauge|ussg}} |old_gauge = <!-- This needs a separate line --> |electrification = |length = {{convert|32500|mi|km|abbr=on}} |hq_city = [[Fort Worth, Texas]] |website = {{URL|www.bnsf.com}} }} The '''BNSF Railway Company''' is the biggest [[freight railroad]] network in [[North America]]. BNSF has 44,000 employees. They are one of ten [[Class I railroad]]s. They have {{convert|32,500|mi}} of track in 28 states. They have more than 8,000 locomotives.<ref>[http://www.bnsf.com/about-bnsf/pdf/fact_sheet.pdf BNSF - Fact Sheet]</ref> It has three [[Transcontinental railroad|transcontinental]] routes that have rail connections between the western and eastern United States. ==Railyards== [[File:Rail switchyard at Pasco.jpg|thumb|right|Pasco Yard]] Large freight car [[hump yard]]s are located throughout the BNSF system.<ref>{{cite web|author=Trains Magazine|date=July 8, 2006|url=http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=537|title=North America's Hump Yards|access-date=June 27, 2008|archive-date=December 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204022048/http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=537|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Barstow, California]] - Barstow Yard * [[Galesburg, Illinoi