BNSF Intermodal

Did You Know?

• BNSF invested $3.9 billion of capital into its network in 2012.
• BNSF Intermodal trains can travel up to 1,000 miles a day.
• BNSF is the only railway with direct service between the West Coast and Atlanta.
• BNSF carried nearly 4.6 million intermodal shipments in 2011.
• BNSF handles more intermodal shipments than any other Class I railroad.
• Intermodal represents nearly 50% of BNSF’s business portfolio by volume.
• BNSF handled 100% of the 2011 intermodal volume growth in the western U.S.
• Intermodal trains are twice as fuel efficient as trucks.
• A typical intermodal train takes the equivalent of 280 trucks off the highways.
• BNSF Intermodal serves more than 8,000 shippers a year.
• BNSF ships more than 40 million packages for UPS between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
• Right now, 300 BNSF Intermodal trains are carrying the equivalent of 50,000 truckloads.
• BNSF moves nearly a million shipments a year of LTL, parcel and perishable produce.
• 18 of the top 20 global ocean carriers rely on BNSF Intermodal to reach inland markets.
• BNSF Intermodal loads the equivalent of a trailer or container every 7 seconds.
• 98% of top U.S. importers have facilities within 200 miles of a BNSF Intermodal facility.