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Encyclopedia > Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation is the parent company of the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company.


The corporation was incorporated in 1993 to facilitate the merger of Burlington Northern Inc.,parent of the Burlington Northern Railroad,and Santa Fe Pacific Corporation,which owned the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.The corporate merger was consummated on September 22, 1995 at which point shareholders of the previous companies became shareholders of BNSF and the two companies became wholly-owned subsidiaries of BNSF.In December 1996,the two holding companies and two railroads were formally merged,and in January 1998 the remaining intermediate holding company was folded into the railroad.


Robert D. Krebs of Santa Fe Pacific was president of BNSF from the merger until 1999,chief executive from the merger until 2000,and chairman from 1997 until 2002.He was succeeded in all three positions by Matthew K. Rose.




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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1858 words)
The railroads were formally combined in December 1996 and the BNSF is a wholly owned subsidiary of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation.
On January 24, 2005, the railroad introduced a new logo to replace the circle and cross logo of Santa Fe heritage.
One of the routes operated by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe traverses the most northerly route of any railroad in the western United States.
FindLaw - By-Laws - Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (3575 words)
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation shall be held at the general offices of the corporation in the City of Fort Worth, State of Texas, or at such other place in the United States as may be stated in the notice of the meeting.
The President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall have, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, the general executive responsibility for the management and direction of the business and affairs of the corporation, and the general supervision of its officers, employees and agents.
The corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the corporation.
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