In the BNSF boardroom Buffett must have done an excellent job of taking fear off the table.
If not, the alternate, passenger-train-ready BNSF tracks many miles to the south beckon.
Keystone XL would have relieved that bottleneck, and its delay or death serves as still another BNSF business boon.
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The tracks that run through Garden City's portion of Kansas and parts of Colorado and New Mexico are owned by BNSF Railway.
The business leaders in attendance are Clarence Otis of Darden Restaurants, Scott Davis of UPS, Sam Palmisano of IBM, and Matt Rose of BNSF.
We were told by a BNSF executive that Buffett brought up the jumbo deal idea to the CEO just one day before the board meeting.
Kawasaki, BNSF Railway, Duncan Aviation and Molex are thriving in Lincoln.
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We help BNSF Railway prevent accidents by precisely informing them in sufficient time to take precautionary measures where a tornado or flash flood will occur along their right-of-way.
For example, revenue from railroads (BNSF), energy and utilities (MidAmerican Energy) are up 5.4% in the first half of the year, compared to the same period a year ago.
The Telegram reported that, because of the cost of maintaining the old tracks, the Southwest Chief may, within the next several years, be switched to an entirely different BNSF route, farther south.
In this letter we will also review some of the basics of our business, hoping to provide both a freshman orientation session for our BNSF newcomers and a refresher course for Berkshire veterans.
But this "re-regulation" is not the way to stoke competition, says the American Association of Railroads, whose members include Amtrak and the four major freight lines, CSX, BNSF Railway, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific.
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 Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railroad.
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But this "re-regulation" is not the way to stoke competition, says the American Association of Railroads, whose members include Amtrak and the four major freight lines, CSX (nyse: CSX - news - people ), BNSF Railway, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific (nyse: UNP - news - people ).
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