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News ReleaseBNSF Recognized by Toyota Logistics Services for Excellence in Quality PerformanceFORT WORTH, Texas, April 6, 2006:BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) today announced that it was recently recognized by Toyota Logistics Services for Excellence in Quality Performance in 2005. BNSF received this award based on its ability to provide Toyota with superior quality transportation and damage-free delivery. BNSF has received several awards from Toyota Logistics Services including the Logistics Excellence Award for Railroad Customer Service and Excellence in On-Time Performance. "BNSF places a high priority on ensuring every vehicle reaches its destination damage-free," says Marc Allen, assistant vice president, Automotive Marketing. "We are honored to be recognized by Toyota Logistics Services, a company which is committed to quality. Every employee in our organization is committed to ensuring we continue to meet Toyota’s high standards for service excellence by delivering every vehicle on-time and damage-free." BNSF transported more than 100,000 Toyota, Lexus and Scion vehicles in 2005, originating from Toyota’s North American plants in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada; Georgetown, Ky.; Princeton, Ind.; and Fremont, Calif.; as well as Toyota’s ports of entry in Long Beach, Calif., and Portland, Ore. A subsidiary of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE:BNI), BNSF Railway operates one of the largest railroad networks in North America, with about 32,000 route miles in 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 Railway is an industry leader in Web-enabling a variety of customer transactions at www.bnsf.com. BNSF Headquarters |
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