UP or BNSF ?

Anonymous · September 30, 2004, 12:27pm

which railroad is bigger, Union Pacific or BNSF ? Thanks !

route_rock · September 30, 2004, 12:30pm

I think its the UP but not sure.BTW yes the Rock does rule! Do you ever get to see the AOK units painted in the R&Y scheme?

Mookie · September 30, 2004, 12:54pm

Oh dear - hide the football - a sooner is loose!

Junctionfan · September 30, 2004, 1:27pm

I would think UP is bigger. Consider that they own SP ,CNW, and other railroads bought by UP. Where as BNSF owns BN and ATSF-had they merged with CN, than UP would be smaller.

BNSFNUT · September 30, 2004, 4:54pm

BNSF:
33000 Route Miles
5000 locomotives
190000 freight cars
UP:
32838 Route Miles
7861 Locomotives
87497 freight cars

Source UP and BNSF home pages

Junctionfan · September 30, 2004, 5:07pm

Well it looks like I’m wrong…not the first time that’s happened.

eolafan · September 30, 2004, 5:40pm

BNSF and UP both are great roads and share the Rochelle diamonds in fine fashion, both are very, very great roads to railfan.

DSchmitt · September 30, 2004, 6:19pm

It’s close, but the UP is slightly larger

http://www.aar.org/AboutTheIndustry/RailroadProfiles.asp

Anonymous · September 30, 2004, 6:28pm

Yeah I found pics of AOK units . Thanks ya’ll !

Anonymous · September 30, 2004, 7:24pm

(BOTH)

UPTRAIN · September 30, 2004, 10:01pm

UP and BNSF are great railroads!

richardy · September 30, 2004, 10:36pm

Almost indentical route miles, BNSF with 63% of the locomotives that UP has but UP had the traffic meltdown. Humm.