Catalog

We have developed several API's to enhance your business's experience with us. Therefore, we are providing you with a list of our current API offerings to help you select the services that are right for you.

AUTOMOTIVE

• POST VINS - Returns tracing details for requested VINS, up to 300 at a time.
• Trip Plan - Returns list of significant events planned for a VIN from origin to destination.
• VIN Details - Returns detailed information about your VIN shipments.
• VIN Inspections - Returns detailed information about inspections of your VIN shipments.

CARLOAD

• Cars - Returns tracing details for all railcars on the BNSF network, with a default page size of 2,000.
• POST Cars - Returns tracing details for requested cars, up to 300 at a time.
• Carload Consist - Returns tracing details for all railcars on U, J, C, E, G and X unit trains.
• Trip Plan - Returns list of significant events planned for a railcar equipment initial and number from origin to destination.

INTERMODAL

• Trip Plan - Returns list of significant events planned for an intermodal equipment initial and number from origin to destination.
• Units - Returns tracing details for all units on the BNSF network, with a default page size of 2,000.
• POST Units - Returns tracing details for requested units, up to 300 at a time.

TRAINS

• Ag Trains - Provides current status, with tracing details for up to 25 Ag trains.
• Coal Trains - Provides current status, with tracing details for up to 25 Coal trains.
• Trains - Provides current status, with tracing details for all unit train types.
• POST IP Trains - Provides current status, with tracing details up to 25 industrial products unit trains.

• Haul Away Gate Entry Request - Allow truckers and/or dispatchers to submit load details prior to an actual ingate for an automotive haul away move.
• AddHold Request - Haulway or OEM will have the capability to add hold on VIN at Origin or Destination ("O" or "D")
• Release Hold Request - This enables Haulway and OEM to release existing Hold on a VIN.

• Dray open booking details
• Driver Vehicle Inspection Report - Submit chassis defects (Y/N) within BNSF intermodal hubs.
• Flips - Returns details on authorized flips for given units.
• Hub - Returns a list of valid lot locations at a given hub facility.
• Ingate - Returns way-billed units that can be registered prior to arrival at a hub facility.
• Validate Ingate - Returns required/missing information needed for ingate.
• J1 Receipts - Returns a list of J1 Gate Receipts.
• Outgate - Returns way-billed units that can be registered prior to exiting at a hub facility.
• Validate Outgate - Returns required/missing information needed for outgate.
• Pickup Number - Validate and/or retrieve pickup numbers.
• Pre-Ingate - Advanced creation of an ingate ahead of arriving at a hub facility.
• Cancel a pre-ingate.
• Pre-Outgate - Advanced creation of an outgate ahead of exiting a hub facility.
• Cancel a pre-outgate.
• Street En-route - Report pre-arrival to hub and returns rail waybill ingate completeness check and missing elements (if any).
• Unit Details - Returns hub information (e.g., Lot Location) for units at a BNSF Facility (Equivalent to DLL on bnsf.com).
• Domestic Empties - Returns a list of empty units ready for pickup at a BNSF facility.
• Update Parking - Update a unit's parking information at a Hub facility (i.e. Lot, Row, Spot).

• Carload Rates - Returns a list of prices within a BNSF Carload Price Authority.
• Intermodal Rates - Returns a list of prices within a BNSF Intermodal Price Authority.
• Invoices - Retrieve Invoices - Returns details of customer's invoices for given Patron code of customer.

• Intermodal Schedules - Returns all Intermodal Schedules.

• Submit Bill of Lading - Submit required transit information in order to create a waybill/bill of lading (BOL).
• Retrieve Waybill - Retrieve current waybill/bill of lading information for a given equipment.
• Retrieve Waybill (Trial) - Retrieve current waybill/bill of lading information for requested equipment for waybills created in Trial by the Submit Bill of Lading service. ***For BETA testers only***

• Event Codes - Returns a list of event codes and their descriptions, which describe equipment activity.
• Stations - Returns details of each station matching input criteria.
• STCC - Returns STCC numbers and descriptions matching input criteria.
• STCC - Hazardous - Returns detailed information on hazardous materials matching input criteria.
• Umler - The Umler service returns internal and external dimensions, capacities, weight information, and other specific characteristics of freight cars and intermodal trailers and containers.

• Health Check - Check the status of the BNSF Customer API
• Analytic Event - Submit event data for analytical purposes.