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The BNSF Intermodal Network

Explore how BNSF can meet your shipping needs with an expansive Intermodal network, state of the art and secure facilities, multiple service options, and more.

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  • 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.

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Leadership

  • BNSF handles more intermodal shipments than any other Class I railroad.
  • BNSF carried over 4.6 million intermodal shipments in 2012.
  • Intermodal represents nearly 50% of BNSF's business portfolio by volume.
  • 18 of the top 20 global ocean carriers rely on BNSF Intermodal to reach inland markets.

Service

  • 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 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 Intermodal loads the equivalent of a trailer or container every 7 seconds.

Network

  • BNSF invested $3.9 billion of capital into its network in 2012.
  • Intermodal trains are twice as fuel efficient as trucks.
  • A typical intermodal train takes the equivalent of 280 trucks off the highways.
  • BNSF moves nearly a million shipments a year of LTL, parcel and perishable produce.
  • 98% of top U.S. importers have facilities within 200 miles of a BNSF Intermodal facility.
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Call: 800-326-5999
Email: intermodal@bnsf.com