Equipment
BNSF strives to provide our customers with clean, well maintained equipment. We do this in cooperation with our customers who load and unload this equipment and whose products we transport.
BNSF and Association of American Railroads (AAR) rules stipulate that all product, dunnage or strapping material or anything not originally part of the railcar be removed upon release of the car after unloading. We ask that should any piece of equipment be inadequate or in need of repair, report this equipment to our car management personnel at 888-428-2673 opt.4, opt.4. Cars may be reported as clean and damage-free upon release with the use of Certified Clean section of the Switch and Release program on BNSF.
Through cooperation we will always have the best equipment available to our customers to load. If you have more questions about our equipment, see our frequently asked questions.
Types of Equipment
Forest Products, Consumer Products, Bagged Ag. Products, Beverages, Canned Goods, Bagged Flour, Metal Products
Perishable Products, Frozen Meat, Fish, Vegetables
Scrap metal, Steel plate, Structural steel, Mineral ores, Granite slabs, and other bulky products
Grain, Sugar, Flour, Fertilizer, Clay, Sand, Cement, Glass, Ores
Taconite, Metallurgical Coal, Coke, Clay, Bauxite
Coiled Steel
Pipe
Steel beams and Pipe
Lumber products and Wallboard
Container
Trailers
Perishable Products, Frozen Meat, Fish, Vegetables
Thermal Coal
Private Equipment Policy
If you own your own equipment and plan to ship it on BNSF Railway, your equipment must be registered via the OT5 process that is administered by Railinc. To register, you will need your CIF number, proper UMLER information and the car numbers to be registered. For more information, please contact BNSF Private Equipment Management Team.
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