News Release

BNSF Posts Weekly Traffic Volumes to Web Site

FORT WORTH, Texas, January 3, 2001:

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) announced beginning today it will include a weekly traffic report on its web site at www.bnsf.com/investors. Each week, this information will be posted to BNSF's site on Wednesday afternoons.

The report includes:

• All intermodal and carload unit traffic or connecting railroad during the reporting period, and
• Individual week, quarter and year-to-date data as well as prior year comparisons for the same periods.

The weekly reporting period spans each Sunday through Saturday. Intermodal units are classified as containers or trailers and carload units are classified by commodity, according to the Standard Commodity Code used by the rail industry.

Attached is the BNSF Weekly Intermodal and Carload Unit Report for the period from December 24, 2000 through December 30, 2000.

Weekly Traffic Volumes

Through The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation owns one of the largest railroad networks in the United States, with 33,500 route miles covering 28 states and two Canadian provinces.

BNSF Headquarters
BNSF Railway Company
2650 Lou Menk Dr. 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 961057
Fort Worth, TX 76161-0057
Phone: (817) 352-1000