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On September 25, 1995 agreement was reached to merger the Burlington Northern Inc.
and Santa Fe Pacific Corporation. The two were holding companies for the Burlington Northern
Railroad and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
The merger agreement created the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Corporation. It also
called for the two railroads to combine operations over a period of time before a formal merger
was complete. This allowed time for the new holding company to operate the BN and ATSF as
separate railroads while the details of final combination were complete. On December 31, 1996
the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway would start the new year as a fully integrated railroad
thus ending the long history of ATSF and the quarter century of BN.
Locomotives
Timetables
Because of the new railroad's popularity numerous web sites chronicle the changes of BNSF.
Many are accessed by some of the links below.
QStation BNSF