That suggests BurlingtonNorthernRailroad, GEICO, the auto insurance giant, and other large holdings have not been badly hurt by the slowing of economic activity.
Instead, Brumley stayed at Southland, became chief executive in 1974 and ran it until 1985, when he lost a final takeover battle to BurlingtonNorthernRailroad.
Now that his State Department has decided to withhold approval for the Keystone XL pipeline that would have delivered millions of barrels of Canadian crude along with tens of thousands of jobs, a likely alternative is to transport that oil via the BurlingtonNorthern Santa Fe (BNSF) railroad.