This has always made me wonder. Which is bigger.?

Question

I was wondering which company is bigger BNSF or Union Pacific? I know that they are both huge companies that own thousands of miles of tracks. thank you.

Answer 1

Union Pacific by far

Answer 2

Union Pacific

Answer 3

Good one, ask another ????

Answer 4

Well, it depends on which way you mean they're bigger? Locomotives? Employees? Tracks?

BNSF: 6,300 locomotives owned

            40,000 employees

            32,000 miles of BNSF-owned trackage

            220,000 cars on the system average

UP: 8,000 locomotives owned

       50,000 employees

       32,400 miles of UP-owned trackage

       107,000 cars (Owned)

As you can see, the total amount of track skims very close.

I was very surprised to see that UP owns nearly 2000 more locomotives than BNSF, due to the ATSF-BN merger

Answer 5

I'll guess UP is at the top of the heap, if not at the bottom of the pile.

They acquired lots of large properties, if not the most, including the SP (which had already merged with the D&RGW during Pillip Anschutz's corporate raiding) which was as nearly as large as the UP itself at the time of the purchase.

Answer 6

Unfortunately Union Pacific! but only by about 3,000 miles of track. but as an employee of BNSF I know the company is a better that UP!   They say, you can't spell stUPid without UP!

Answer 7

BNSF according to the SEC records

Bigger, more mergers...

Answer 8

I think Union Pacific.

Answer 9

Def. Union Pacific