History of the Burlington Northern
Author | : Bill Yenne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 1991 |
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Author | : Bill Yenne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 1991 |
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Author | : Earl J Currie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780996122566 |
Burlington Northern (BN) formed from the merger of four railways. Success required complex planning and implementation programs. Then the electric-power industry summoned BN to transport immense amounts of low-sulfur coal, and railroading as an adventure began for thousands hired to improve or increase the railroad's capacity, lines, tracks, and fleet size. Soon, BN's lines handled the highest tonnages of any railroad line in the world, past or present. This, the first in a two-volume series, covers this important decade.
Author | : Gerald Wesley Hubbart |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1922 |
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Author | : Richard Cleghorn Overton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 724 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Transportation |
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Author | : Paul D. Schneider |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Diesel locomotives |
ISBN | : 9780890241431 |
With nearly 2,000 diesel locomotives on 29,000 miles of merged lines, until recently the Burlington Northern was the largest U.S. railroad. Photos and descriptions show how four railroads became one, and what happened to their diesel locomotives.
Author | : Richard Cleghorn Overton |
Publisher | : New York : Russell & Russell |
Total Pages | : 648 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Richard C. Kistler, Michael M. Bartels, and James J. Reisdorff |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467112976 |
Alliance has been a railroad center ever since the Burlington Railroad established the city in 1888 while pushing tracks into the vast, open regions of Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana. As a hub for trains carrying a variety of agricultural and mining products to market, Alliance became headquarters in 1902 for the large and geographically diverse area of Burlington train operations called the Alliance Division. For 86 years, the Alliance Division controlled much of the region's rail traffic. Despite the loss of its division point status in 1988, Alliance continues to have its fortunes closely tied to the railroad, now known as the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe. Today, the BNSF funnels large numbers of coal trains through the city while transporting Power River Basin coal to power plants across the nation.
Author | : Steve Glischinski |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : 9781616731670 |
Author | : |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1452907102 |
Written by historians at Harvard Business School, Mississippi State U., and St. Cloud State U. (Minn.), this history details the development and day- to-day affairs of this powerful business, and the careers of the main figures instrumental in its operation. This definitive work, first published by
Author | : Lawrence H. Kaufman |
Publisher | : Texas Monthly |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
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Mergers have affected railroads in ways few other industries have experienced, and in the last 50 years they have steered the business direction of American railroads. Leaders Count brings readers the dramatic story of how the Aurora Branch Railroad, which spanned from Aurora, Illinois, to Chicago, grew and developed into the modern-day BNSF Railway. The story begins with the many ways railroads shaped and settled the country and tells how the founders’ commitment to their dreams ensured the railroad’s success. The profiles of tenacious leaders like James J. Hill, known as The Empire Builder, and Matthew Rose, current CEO of BNSF, will inspire readers. This is a case history of the business strategies that have taken this company from its humble beginnings to the industry giant that it is today. More than 75 photos from the company’s extensive archives accompany the story of BNSF’s evolution. As one of the largest and most successful of U.S. railroads, BNSF Railway is a vibrant example of today’s freight railroad industry. While the book provides a brief history of railroads in general, including the five principal companies making up the present day BNSF, its focus is on the critical decisions and strategies implemented by its leaders, choices that ensured the railroad’s survival.