News Release

BNSF and CSXI to Provide Seamless Intermodal Service Between Texas and the Ohio Valley

FORT WORTH, Texas and JACKSONVILLE, Fla., September 20, 2001:

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) and CSX Intermodal (CSXI) today began offering seamless intermodal service between Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston and Cleveland and Columbus.

This new service cuts rail transit times in half, from about seven days to three days between DFW and the Ohio Valley; and to four days between Houston and the Ohio Valley.

“Historically, railroads have focused on providing service to the interchange point,” says Steve Branscum, group vice president, Consumer Products Business Unit. “Over the past year, through these types of partnerships, we are reaching beyond our core network to design seamless service offerings that directly compete with over-the-road transportation—giving shippers more value for their transportation dollar.”

“Our goal is to provide shippers the precision of truck and the value of rail,” said CSXI President Clarence Gooden. “With three-day service between Texas and Ohio, we are doing that.”

To date, BNSF offers seamless intermodal service between California and the Northeast; California and the Southeast; California and Eastern Canada; and now Texas and the Ohio Valley. CSXI offers transcontinental service between the eastern US and major markets in California and the Pacific Northwest, in addition to its comprehensive service in the East.

CSX Intermodal is an integrated intermodal company serving domestic U.S. and international customers throughout North America from origin to destination with its own truck, rail and terminal operations. As part of the CSX Corporation, its traffic predominantly uses the rail network of CSX Transportation.

A subsidiary of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE: BNI), BNSF operates one of the largest rail networks in North America, with 33,500 route miles of track covering 28 states and two Canadian provinces. In 2000, BNSF moved more than 3.5 million containers and trailers through its extensive network of 35 intermodal hubs, making it the largest intermodal carrier in the world.

BNSF Headquarters
BNSF Railway Company
2650 Lou Menk Dr. 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 961057
Fort Worth, TX 76161-0057
Phone: (817) 352-1000