COMPANY

Formed 1970 by the multiple merger of 19th-century railroad baron James J. Hill's railroads: the Great Northern Railway, the Northern Pacific Railway, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway. It acquired the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway in 1980. In 1988, it spun off Burlington Resources, as well as its trucking interests, to concentrate on railroads. Burlington Northern was merged into Burlington Northern Santa Fe in 1995.

Official Website:
http://www.bnsf.com/

Industry:
Transport

Ticker:
(defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Fort Worth, TX

Sales:
$4.6B (1989)

Employees:
33,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John T. Chain	Military	11-Dec-1934		C-in-C, Strategic Air Command, 1986-91
Gerald Grinstein	Business	c. 1932		CEO of Delta Air Lines, 2004-07
Ronald A. Rittenmeyer	Business	c. 1948		CEO of EDS, 2007-08
Matthew K. Rose	Business	1960		CEO of Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Gregory T. Swienton	Business	c. 1949		CEO of Ryder

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gerald Grinstein	Business	c. 1932		CEO of Delta Air Lines, 2004-07
Marc Racicot	Politician	24-Jul-1948		Governor of Montana, 1993-2001
J. C. Watts	Politician	18-Nov-1957		Congressman from Oklahoma, 1995-2003

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ed Bethune	Politician	19-Dec-1935		Congressman from Arkansas, 1979-85

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