BNSF 2007 Coal Tonnage Up through April 2007-05-07 Systemwide, BNSF has loaded a total of 92.9 million tons of coal year-to-date through April 2007, approximately 3 percent above the 2006 year-to-date total of 90.6 million tons. In the Powder River Basin (PRB), including Wyoming and Montana mines, BNSF has loaded a total daily average of 48.8 trains through April 2007, up almost 2 percent from the 48.0 trains loaded through the same period in 2006. Average BNSF daily PRB train loadings for the month of April 2007 totaled 49.0 trains per day, compared with an average of 49.3 trains per day for April 2006. Mine issues, including planned maintenance outages and unplanned outages as well as weather issues, resulted in an average of 6.2 missed loading opportunities per day during April 2007. Tonnage loaded at some mines was as low as 70-75 percent of planned tonnage for the month. Construction Projects Update Most track-laying has been completed, and crews are hand-laying the final 1,000 feet of track, on the second seven-mile segment of a total of 14 miles of new second main track between Angora and Northport, Nebraska. The first seven-mile segment went into service earlier this year, and the second segment is scheduled to go into service in July. Track laying crews have begun work on 10 miles of new second main track between Mason and Berwyn, Neb. This additional double track, scheduled to go into service in the second quarter of this year, will help improve the flow of loaded and empty coal trains south and east of the Powder River Basin. Track laying will continue in May for 15 miles of new third main track on BNSF from Donkey Creek, Wyo., south to the north end of the Joint Line at Caballo. The additional third main track will be complemented by 24 miles of additional new third main track on the Joint Line from Caballo south to Reno Junction. Completion of that trackage later this year will provide three main tracks for the entire length of the Joint Line and north to Donkey Creek Yard near Gillette. BNSF Headquarters BNSF Railway Company 2650 Lou Menk Dr. 2nd Floor P.O. Box 961057 Fort Worth, TX 76161-0057 Phone: (817) 352-1000
