News Release

BNSF's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer To Address J.P. Morgan's Logistics Conference

FORT WORTH, Texas, September 4, 2002:

Thomas N. Hund, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE:BNI), will address J.P. Morgan’s Logistics Conference on Friday, September 6, 2002, at 8:45 a.m. Eastern time.

The presentation will describe BNSF’s franchise, strategic initiatives and financial outlook.

Interested investors may listen to the presentation via a live teleconference (domestic callers: 800-690-5254, international callers: 706-679-0657). Presentation material will be available on BNSF’s Web site at www.bnsf.com. A replay of the teleconference will also be available (domestic callers: 800-642-1687, international callers: 706-645-9291, conference ID 5504813).

Through its subsidiary, The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, BNSF operates one of the largest rail networks in North America, with 33,000 route miles of track covering 28 states and two Canadian provinces. BNSF is an industry leader in Web-enabling a variety of customer transactions. The railway moves more intermodal traffic than any other rail system in the world, is America’s largest grain-hauling railroad, transports the mineral components of many of the products we depend on daily, and hauls enough coal to generate more than 10 percent of the electricity produced in the United States.

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