BNSF Runs the Ethanol Express

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad moves a lot of ethanol. With major track ownership in the US midwest, BNSF is a prime mover of corn and corn related products. Unit trains of ethanol move to market regularly with BNSF operating a key unit train to Dallas called the Ethanol Express.

Warren Buffet has invested a lot of money in BNSF as well as other railroad assets such as Union Tank Car. (UTLX).

BNSF Expands Ethanol Express to Dallas/Fort Worth FORT WORTH, Texas and OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Oct. 9, 2008: BNSF Railway Co. today announced that it will begin delivering unit trains to Musket Corporation's newest ethanol storage terminal on Nov. 1. With storage capacity of 10 million gallons, the Dallas/Fort Worth Musket Ethanol Terminal is one of the area's largest ethanol storage facilities and is designed to meet the daily needs of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Located in the Mark IV industrial area in North Fort Worth, the facility maintains its own rail spur and is designed to completely unload a unit train of 95 cars every 24 hours. Tank cars are drained via an underground piping system and ethanol is pumped directly into the four storage tanks. The ethanol can then be pumped directly into trucks for local distribution. The new facility will receive shipments exclusively from BNSF Railway's Ethanol Express a 95-car unit train service specifically created to move ethanol from a single origin or gathering place to a single destination. The Ethanol Express will save ethanol producers and end-users time and money through increased fleet utilization, lower inventory carrying costs, and logistics coordination and support each and every day around the clock. BNSF moves more than 370 million gallons of ethanol per year through the Ethanol Express program.

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