-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¦ BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY ¦ ISSUED: JAN 16, 2008 BOOK: 1 ¦ ¦ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS UNIT ¦ EFFECTIVE: JAN 18, 2008 SECTION: A ¦ ¦ P.O. BOX 961051 ¦ PAGE: 1 ¦ ¦ FORT WORTH, TX 76161-0051 ¦ REVISION: 0 ¦ ¦ BNSF 4026 ¦ ORIGINAL ITEM: 11001 ¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¦ SPECIAL RULES APPLYING TO ALL RATE BOOK ITEMS ¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¦ ¦ ¦ PLAN OF THE RATE BOOK ¦ ¦ ¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¦ ¦ ¦ ORGANIZATION OF THE RATE BOOK ¦ ¦ ----------------------------- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ITEMS: ¦ ¦ ----- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ITEMS ARE LOGICAL SETS OF FREIGHT RATES WHICH HAVE SIMILAR FEATURES OR ¦ ¦ CHARACTERISTICS. EXAMPLES OF SIMILAR FEATURES OR CHARACTERISTICS ARE ¦ ¦ COMMODITY, GEOGRAPHY, EQUIPMENT, AND SHIPMENT CONDITIONS. WHEN CHANGES ¦ ¦ TO ONE OR MORE RATES WITHIN AN ITEM ARE MADE, THE ENTIRE ITEM AS A SET ¦ ¦ IS UPDATED, PUBLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED. FOR PUBLISHING AND DISTRIBUTION, ¦ ¦ IT IS THE SMALLEST DIVISIBLE UNIT OF A RATE DOCUMENT. ITEMS BEGIN WITH ¦ ¦ A DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE RULES AND FEATURES AND END WITH A LISTING OF ¦ ¦ RATES SORTED BY THE RESPECTIVE GEOGRAPHY. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ SECTIONS: ¦ ¦ -------- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ SECTIONS ARE A LEVEL OF ORGANIZATION WITHIN A PRICE PUBLICATION. ¦ ¦ MULTIPLE ITEMS ARE GROUPED INTO SECTIONS. SECTIONS CONTAIN ITEMS WHICH ¦ ¦ HAVE SIMILAR COMMODITIES, GEOGRAPHY, EQUIPMENT AND/OR SHIPMENT ¦ ¦ CONDITIONS. TWENTY-FIVE ITEMS OF THE SAME COMMODITY BUT DIFFERENT ¦ ¦ GEOGRAPHY AND EQUIPMENT FOR EXAMPLE MANY BE GROUPED INTO ONE SECTION. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ BOOKS: ¦ ¦ ------ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ THIS PRICE PUBLICATION IS ALSO ORGANIZED INTO SEVERAL LARGER GROUPS ¦ ¦ CALLED BOOKS. A BOOK IS YET A HIGHER GROUPING OF SIMILAR SECTIONS OF ¦ ¦ ITEMS. THIS TERM STEMS FROM THE PAST WHEN THE PRICE DOCUMENT WOULD NEED ¦ ¦ SEVERAL VOLUMES OR BOOKS TO HOLD THE FULLY PRINTED LOOSE LEAF PAGES. ¦ ¦ THE LOGICAL GROUPING OF A BOOK MAY REFLECT THE ORGANIZATION BY CUSTOMER ¦ ¦ PRODUCT MARKETS, MERCHANDISING, OR COMMODITY. IT CAN ALSO REPRESENT ¦ ¦ ORGANIZATION BY SIMILAR CONTENT OR PURPOSE. THE FIRST BOOK IN THE PRICE ¦ ¦ DOCUMENT, BOOK 1 FOR EXAMPLE, CONTAINS ALL OF THE STANDARD AND SPECIAL ¦ ¦ RULES FOR THE PRICE PUBLICATION AND BUT NO RATES. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------¦ ¦RVSN003 -002 ¦ ¦ MORE => ¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¦ BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY ¦ ISSUED: JAN 16, 2008 BOOK: 1 ¦ ¦ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS UNIT ¦ EFFECTIVE: JAN 18, 2008 SECTION: A ¦ ¦ P.O. BOX 961051 ¦ PAGE: 2 ¦ ¦ FORT WORTH, TX 76161-0051 ¦ REVISION: 0 ¦ ¦ BNSF 4026 ¦ ORIGINAL ITEM: 11001 ¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¦ SPECIAL RULES APPLYING TO ALL RATE BOOK ITEMS ¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¦ ¦ ¦ PLAN OF THE RATE BOOK ¦ ¦ ¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¦ ¦ ¦ FORM AND UTILIZATION RULES FOR PAGES ¦ ¦ ------------------------------------ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ PAGE FORM: ¦ ¦ --------- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ THIS PRICE BOOK SHALL HAVE ONLY ONE ITEM PER PAGE. ALL ANNOTATION FOR ¦ ¦ A PAGE SHALL BE ON THE TOP. THE PRICE BOOK NAME AND PUBLISHERS NAME AND ¦ ¦ ADDRESS SHALL APPEAR ON THE TOP LEFT OF EACH PAGE. THE ISSUING AND ¦ ¦ EFFECTIVE DATES, BOOK NUMBER, SECTION, PAGE REVISION, AND THE ITEM ¦ ¦ NUMBER SHALL ALL APPEAR ON THE TOP RIGHT OF EACH PAGE. THE PAGES WILL ¦ ¦ HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 81 CHARACTER POSITIONS ACROSS THE PAGE, AND 60 PRINTED ¦ ¦ LINES PER PAGE. ALL INFORMATION OR METADATA ABOVE THE SEVENTH LINE IS ¦ ¦ FIXED ZONED INFORMATION AND MAYBE MACHINE READABLE SUCH THAT THE ¦ ¦ DOCUMENT IS THE DATA. THE BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE OF EACH PAGE SHALL BE ¦ ¦ MARKED WITH EITHER THE WORDS MORE ==> WHEN THE ITEMS CONTINUES ONTO ¦ ¦ THE FOLLOWING PAGE, OR THE WORD END WHEN IT IS THE CONCLUDING PAGE OF ¦ ¦ THE ITEM. THE BOTTOM LEFT SIDE CONTAINS CONTROL NUMBERS THAT INDICATE ¦ ¦ THE PAGE ORDER AND TARIFF REVISION NUMBER FOR A TARIFF REVISION. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ITEM NUMBERS: ¦ ¦ ------------ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ALL ITEMS IN THE RATE BOOKS ARE NAMED USING A FIVE DIGIT ITEM NUMBER. ¦ ¦ EACH PAGE SHALL BE MARKED WITH THE ITEM NUMBER IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND ¦ ¦ CORNER. THE FIRST DIGIT OF THE ITEM NUMBER SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE BOOK ¦ ¦ NUMBER. THE SECOND DIGIT OF THE ITEM NUMBER SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE ¦ ¦ SECTION NUMBER OF THE BOOK. ITEM 12345 FOR EXAMPLE WILL BE FOUND IN ¦ ¦ BOOK 1, SECTION 2 OF THE PRICE DOCUMENT. THE LAST THREE DIGITS OF THE ¦ ¦ ITEM NUMBER SHALL BE UNIQUE TO EACH ITEM. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ PAGE NUMBERS: ¦ ¦ ------------ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ EACH PAGE OF AN ITEM SHALL BE CONSECUTIVELY NUMBERED STARTING WITH THE ¦ ¦ FIRST PAGE OF THE ITEM AS PAGE 1. THERE IS NO PAGE NUMBERING SYSTEM ¦ ¦ FOR THE PRICE BOOK AS A UNIT, JUST FOR EACH ITEM. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------¦ ¦RVSN003 -003 ¦ ¦ MORE => ¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¦ BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY ¦ ISSUED: JAN 16, 2008 BOOK: 1 ¦ ¦ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS UNIT ¦ EFFECTIVE: JAN 18, 2008 SECTION: A ¦ ¦ P.O. BOX 961051 ¦ PAGE: 3 ¦ ¦ FORT WORTH, TX 76161-0051 ¦ REVISION: 0 ¦ ¦ BNSF 4026 ¦ ORIGINAL ITEM: 11001 ¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¦ SPECIAL RULES APPLYING TO ALL RATE BOOK ITEMS ¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¦ ¦ ¦ PLAN OF THE RATE BOOK ¦ ¦ ¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¦ ¦ ¦ ITEM/PAGE REVISION NUMBERS: ¦ ¦ --------------------------- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ EACH PAGE OF AN ITEM WILL BE MARKED WITH AN ITEM/PAGE REVISION NUMBER. ¦ ¦ SINCE EACH PAGE OF THE ITEM IS PRESENTLY REVISED AS A UNIT, ALL PAGES IN ¦ ¦ AN ITEM REVISION SHALL HAVE THE SAME ITEM REVISION NUMBER. THE ORIGINAL ¦ ¦ PAGE OF AN ITEM SHALL BE MARKED AS '0' (ZERO). ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ REVISION AND UPDATING OF ITEMS AND PAGES: ¦ ¦ ----------------------------------------- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ALL PAGES OF AN ITEM SHALL BECOME CANCELLED TOGETHER AS A SET OR GROUP. ¦ ¦ THIS SHALL HAPPEN WHEN ONE OR MORE NEW AND REVISED SET OF PAGES OF THE ¦ ¦ SAME ITEM NUMBER AND BEARING A HIGHER SEQUENCE PAGE REVISION NUMBER ARE ¦ ¦ PUBLISHED AND BECOME EFFECTIVE. A REVISED PAGE MAY NOT NECESSARLY SHOW A ¦ ¦ CONCILIATION NOTICE FOR PRECEDING VERSION OF THAT ITEM AND PAGE NUMBER. ¦ ¦ THESE MEANS THAT ALL PAGES OF AN ITEM WILL HAVE THE SAME PAGE ¦ ¦ REVISION NUMBER. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ IF TWO PAGES WITH THE SAME ITEM AND PAGE NUMBER ARE PUBLISHED ¦ ¦ THE PAGE WITH THE LARGER REVISION NUMBER SHALL CANCEL/SUPERSEDE ¦ ¦ THE SMALLER REVISION NUMBER. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ IF TWO PAGES WITH THE SAME ITEM AND PAGE NUMBER BECOME EFFECTIVE ON THE ¦ ¦ SAME DATE, THE PAGE WITH THE LARGER REVISION NUMBER SHALL SUPERSEDE ¦ ¦ THE SMALLER REVISION NUMBER, AND THE PAGE WITH THE SMALLER REVISION ¦ ¦ NUMBER SHALL NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ CANCELLATION OF ITEMS: ¦ ¦ ---------------------- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ WHEN AN ITEM SHALL BE CANCELLED AND ALL RATES ARE EXPIRED, A SINGLE ¦ ¦ PAGED ITEM REVISION WILL BE PUBLISHED THAT WILL CONTAIN A NOTICE OF ¦ ¦ THE CANCELLATION OR EXPIRATION ON AN OTHERWISE BANK PAGE. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ CANCELLATION DATES: ¦ ¦ ------------------ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ WHERE CANCELLATION OR EXPIRATION DATES ARE PROVIDED ON PRICE BOOK ITEMS, ¦ ¦ THE RATE(S) OR ITEMS BEING CANCELLED SHALL BE AVAILABLE ON AND THROUGH ¦ ¦ THE STATED DATE. FOR EXAMPLE, RATES 'CANCELLED SEPT 1, 2012' WOULD MEAN ¦ ¦ THAT THE PUBLISHED RATES WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ALL 'BILLED' CARLOADS ON ¦ ¦ SEPT 1, 2012 BUT NOT ON SEPT 2, 2012. ¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------¦ ¦RVSN003 -004 ¦ ¦ MORE => ¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¦ BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY ¦ ISSUED: JAN 16, 2008 BOOK: 1 ¦ ¦ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS UNIT ¦ EFFECTIVE: JAN 18, 2008 SECTION: A ¦ ¦ P.O. BOX 961051 ¦ PAGE: 4 ¦ ¦ FORT WORTH, TX 76161-0051 ¦ REVISION: 0 ¦ ¦ BNSF 4026 ¦ ORIGINAL ITEM: 11001 ¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¦ SPECIAL RULES APPLYING TO ALL RATE BOOK ITEMS ¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¦ ¦ ¦ PLAN OF THE RATE BOOK ¦ ¦ ¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¦ ¦ ¦ EXPIRATION DATES: ¦ ¦ ----------------- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ WHEN AN ITEM CONTAINS AN ITEM EXPIRATION DATE ON ONE OR MORE PAGES, ALL ¦ ¦ RATES IN THE ITEM SHALL EXPIRE ON THAT DATE. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ START DATES: ¦ ¦ ------------ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ SOME ITEMS MAY CONTAIN START DATES. THIS DATE IS THE FIRST 'BILLING' DAY ¦ ¦ FOR WHICH RATES IN THE ITEM MAY APPLY, EVEN WHEN PRECEDED BY THIS ITEM'S ¦ ¦ EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEN A START DATE PRECEDES AN EFFECTIVE DATE, THE RATES ¦ ¦ ARE AVAILABLE WITH THE EFFECTIVE DATE. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ BLANK PAGES: ¦ ¦ ------------ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ WHEN AN ITEM IS MODIFIED AND IT REQUIRES FEWER PAGES THEN THE PREVIOUS ¦ ¦ REVISION SET, IT WILL CONSIST ONLY OF THE NUMBER OF PAGES IT NOW NEEDS TO ¦ ¦ PUBLISH ALL OF THE RATES AND RULES FOR THAT ITEM. ONE OR MORE TRAILING ¦ ¦ PAGES OF THE ITEM WILL BE ELIMINATED WITH THE NEW REVISION, AND THE LAST ¦ ¦ PAGE OF THE ITEM WILL BE MARKED AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER WITH THE ¦ ¦ WORDS 'END'. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ PRICE BOOK REVISIONS: ¦ ¦ --------------------- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ CHANGES AND UPDATES MADE TO ITEMS IN THIS PRICE BOOK ARE GROUPED AND ¦ ¦ PROCESSED AS SETS CALLED REVISIONS. EACH REVISION IS GIVEN AN ISSUE AND ¦ ¦ EFFECTIVE DATE, ALONG WITH A CONSECUTIVE NUMBER CALLED A REVISION NUMBER. ¦ ¦ THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER OF EACH PAGE CONTAINS THE REVISION NUMBER ¦ ¦ FOLLOWED BY THE CONSECUTIVE PAGE NUMBER FOR EACH PAGE IN THE REVISION. ¦ ¦ ¦ | | | PRICE BOOK REISSUE | | ------------------- | | THIS PRICE BOOK SHALL BE REISSUED AT INTERVALS OF EVERY TWO TO THREE | | YEARS. WHEN THIS PRICE BOOK IS REISSUED IT SHALL USE INCREMENTING | | LETTER(S) SUFFEX STARTING WITH THE LETTER 'A' TO INDICATE THE ORDER | | OF SUCESSION OF THE RATE BOOK SERIES. EXAMPLE: BNSF 4026-A CANCELS 4026, | | AND ITEM 4026-B CANCELS 4026-A IN TURN. ITEMS PUBLISHED IN THIS BOOK | | SHALL NOT BE REMOVED PRIOR TO A PRICE BOOK REISSUED. THIS IS DONE SO | | THAT THE STATUS OF EXPIRED ITEMS AND RATES CAN BE POSITIVELY DETERMINED. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------¦ ¦RVSN003 -005 ¦ ¦ END ¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------¦