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Economic Growth
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Improving the Economy
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce,
EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED
in rail systems (track, locomotives, bridges, etc.)
RETURNS
$
3 TO THE
AMERICAN ECONOMY
in terms of job creation, business eff iciency gains and
expansion opportunities. America’s freight railroads generate nearly
$
265 billion in
total annual economic activity and sustain 1.2 million jobs, including 175,000 in the
industry itself.
BNSF bolsters the economy by investing heavily in infrastructure and facilities. In
2011 alone, BNSF worked with its customers to locate 172 new or expanded facilities,
representing investments of about
$
1 billion and creating more than 2,100 jobs.
Facilities include ethanol plants, distribution centers, lumber yards, biodiesel plants
and intermodal centers.
Most recently, BNSF and its partners began construction on the Kansas City
Intermodal Facility. The facility will provide better access for shippers to BNSF’s
Transcontinental Corridor and the growing north-south MidCon Corridor. The
$
250 million development will help
CREATE APPROXIMATELY
13,000 JOBS.
BNSF works to earn returns that enable us to continually re-invest private dollars
that improve the value and eff iciency of our service to our customers and the
nation’s economy.