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BNSF Railway Company
Weekly Performance Report

One railroad's performance metrics cannot meaningfully be compared to another railroad's,
due to differences in the carriers' calculation methodologies, operational strategies, network
characteristics, terrain, traffic mix and volume, length of haul, extent of passenger operations,
and other factors such as weather.

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 Historical Average Week Ending
2Q08 May-09  06/05/09 06/12/09 06/19/09 06/26/09 
Revisions       
Cars on Line
By Car Owner
System 73,507 78,501  76,919 76,392 76,454 75,147 
Foreign RR 24,850 17,218  17,508 18,032 17,961 18,200 
Private 132,505 124,049  123,186 124,040 123,009 123,183 
Total 230,862 219,768  217,613 218,464 217,424 216,530 
Pct. Private 57.4 56.4  56.6 56.8 56.6 56.9 
By Car Type
Box 15,956 13,632  13,533 13,581 13,592 13,670 
Covered Hopper 67,517 63,795  62,099 62,282 61,991 61,758 
Gondola 9,637 9,051  9,065 9,137 9,037 9,063 
Intermodal 16,014 15,877  15,657 15,770 15,861 15,730 
Multilevel 5,348 4,985  5,201 5,375 5,475 5,504 
Open Hopper 64,069 62,948  63,172 62,703 62,143 61,278 
Tank 39,510 36,763  36,206 36,967 36,891 37,109 
Other 12,811 12,717  12,680 12,649 12,434 12,418 
Total 230,862 219,768  217,613 218,464 217,424 216,530 
Train Speed (Miles per Hour)
Intermodal 33.4 39.5  39.8 39.5 39.5 39.6 
Manifest 21.6 26.5  26.1 25.8 25.7 25.3 
Multilevel 27.3 31.8  30.8 32.1 31.2 31.7 
Coal Unit 20.1 23.2  22.7 22.3 21.4 21.8 
Grain Unit 23.5 27.3  27.8 27.7 27.3 26.6 
All Trains 23.5 27.4  27.5 27.3 26.8 26.7 
Terminal Dwell (Hours)
Barstow, CA 39.1 34.6  32.7 34.0 34.9 32.5 
Denver, CO 27.2 26.9  26.7 28.6 25.9 25.1 
Fort Worth, TX 25.0 22.8  21.1 21.7 24.2 21.0 
Galesburg, IL 38.2 29.6  29.6 33.7 32.9 36.2 
Houston, TX 22.2 25.0  25.4 24.0 23.5 22.6 
Kansas City, KS 32.3 28.3  28.3 30.0 28.4 29.2 
Lincoln, NE 33.0 29.7  29.4 32.9 28.7 31.9 
Memphis, TN 12.6 12.7  12.7 11.9 14.3 12.4 
Northtown, MN 33.2 28.3  12.7 28.0 29.2 28.8 
Pasco, WA 26.1 24.4  24.1 28.8 24.7 24.7 
Tulsa, OK 26.5 24.6  22.7 23.4 22.9 23.4 
Entire Railroad 24.8 22.3  21.7 22.5 22.4 22.3 
When reviewing the above data, please refer to the specific definitions by this carrier to understand the measurements being provided.
R = Revised Figure(s) reported for this week 
- = Not Available
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