News Release

BNSF Promotes Michalski to VP Human Resources and Medical

FORT WORTH, Texas, October 12, 2004:

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) today announced the promotion of Jeanne Michalski to vice president, Human Resources and Medical, effective September 24. She reports to Matt Rose, chairman, president and chief executive officer.

Michalski is responsible for all areas of Human Resources, including selection, retention and development of talent, compensation and benefits, diversity, employee relations and medical and environmental health.

She had previously served as assistant vice president, Human Resources. In that role, she played a major role in developing BNSF’s salaried employee training programs and in leading the way in the company’s performance management, leadership transformation and talent development initiatives.

Prior to joining BNSF's predecessor Burlington Northern Railroad as assistant vice president, Human Resources Planning, in 1994, Michalski served in various Human Resources posts with GTE Telephone Operations and GTE Data Services.

Michalski received her Ph.D. in Industrial Organizational Psychology from the University of South Florida in 1990. She also holds Master's and Bachelor's degrees from the University of South Florida.

A subsidiary of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE:BNI), BNSF operates one of the largest railroad networks in North America, with about 32,500 route miles covering 28 states and two Canadian provinces. The railway is among the world's top transporters of intermodal traffic, moves more grain than any other American railroad, transports the components of many of the products we depend on daily, and hauls enough low-sulphur coal to generate about ten percent of the electricity produced in the United States. BNSF is an industry leader in Web-enabling a variety of customer transactions at www.bnsf.com.

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