BNSF GRAIN FLEET STATUS
BNSF will make available, on a periodic basis, descriptive information concerning its
grain car fleet, car loadings and operating performance.
Average Daily Grain Fleet Size and Status for Week Ending:
05/27 05/20 05/13 05/06
Active Grain Fleet Covered Hoppers 24,461 23,422 23,403 22,548
Bad Order Grain Cars 189 207 205 210
Grain Cars Stored Suitable for Loading 5,181 6,021 6,597 7,640
Loaded Pipeline(Domestic and Export) 11,018 10,740 11,421 10,586
Percent Loaded 45% 46% 49% 47%
BNSF AG GRAIN FLEET REQUESTS FOR EQUIPMENT
04/01/00 05/01/00
April 2000 carry in 556 May 2000 carry in 605
April Swaps 18,302 May Swaps 18,302
April Shuttles (projected) 3,630 May Shuttles (projected) 1,430
COT Units 1,450 COT Units 1,550
COT Singles 449 COT Singles 522
Total COTS 1,899 Total COTS 2,072
Tariff Units 0 Tariff Units 0**
Tariff Singles(projected) 6,000 Tariff Singles (projected) 6,000
Total 30,387 Total 28,409
April Carryout (projected) 1,000 May Carryout (projected) 1,000
** See Estimated Fill and Request Acceptance Date for New Car Orders
Past Due Car Orders as of 05/02/00 605
Average Days Late 5.0 Days
421 Past Due Car Orders, or 70% are within 5.0 days of 05/02/00
Past Due Car Orders as of 05/09/00 313
Average Days Late 4.7 Days
232 Past Due Car Orders, or 74% are within 5.0 days of 05/09/00
Past Due Car Orders as of 05/16/00 673
Average Days Late 4.1 Days
396 Past Due Car Orders, or 59% are within 4.0 days of 05/16/00
Past Due Car Orders as of 05/23/00 671
Average Days Late 2.9 Days
521 Past Due Car Orders, or 78% are within 3.0 days of 05/23/00
Past Due Car Orders as of 05/30/00 815
Average Days Late 4.4 Days
496 Past Due Car Orders, or 61% are within 4.0 days of 05/30/00
Estimated Fill and Request Acceptance Dates for New Car Orders
DATE UNITS SINGLES
May 1 - May 31 Open Allocation
June 1 - June 30 Open Allocation
****General Tariff Unit Train requests should be submitted
via facsimile only at (817) 234-7082 (See BNSF Car Order
Policy Statement). All car requests are subject to a $300.00 per car
cancellation penalty.******
GRAIN CARS LOADED For 2 Weeks Ending
Origin State May 19,00 May 05,00 Apr 21,00 Apr 07,00 Mar 24,00
Iowa 183 511 316 633 888
Kansas 1,489 867 1,020 847 1,104
Minnesota 1,613 988 1,135 2,209 2,596
Montana 1,073 1,059 1,599 1,506 1,740
North Dakota 1,816 1,524 2,010 2,442 2,573
Nebraska 3,220 3,599 3,011 3,204 4,101
Oklahoma 808 1,178 1,802 679 1,041
South Dakota 1,380 818 1,157 1,556 1,977
Texas 1,076 1,069 952 1,317 1,421
Washington 486 353 253 319 272
Total 13,144 11,966 13,245 14,712 17,713
BNSF Grain Fleet Cycle - Average Time Expressed in Days
Date Total Cyle BNSF Online BNSF Time Customer Time Comp.
Time Time Empty Loaded Loading Unloading Off BNSF Cycles
04/23-04/29* 27.29 19.44 5.93 6.91 4.18 2.42 7.85 4,776
04/30-05/06* 27.01 18.54 6.25 6.40 3.57 2.32 8.47 5,081
05/07-05/13* 26.84 19.15 6.39 7.25 3.76 1.75 7.69 4,826
05/14-05/20* 25.61 18.28 5.56 6.79 4.40 1.53 7.33 6,112
05/21-05/27* 26.46 17.97 6.23 6.18 3.80 1.75 8.49 5,681
*Source data has now been restructed and Cycle Time Analysis reflects the active
grain fleet.
COT ACTIVITY - As of May 25, 2000 Units and Singles, (ALL CORRIDORS)
1999 2000
Cars Cars
Offered Sold Remaining Offered Sold Remaining
January 5,303* 2,891 2,412 12,000* 2,077 9,923
Februay 5,158* 917 4,241 11,000* 1,243 9,757
March 5,764* 762 5,002 12,000* 310 11,690
April 5,400* 360 5,040 11,999* 1,899 10,100
May 5,257* 431 4,826 12,000* 2,072 9,928
June 5,543* 1,688 3,855 12,000 3,832 8,168
July 9,500* 5,109 4,391 12,000 7,229 4,771
August 9,450* 8,650 800 12,000 8,985 3,015
September 9,500* 9,500 0 12,000 5,586 6,414
October 12,175* 12,175 0 13,804 1,590 12,214
November 12,175* 9,708 2,467
December 12,175* 4,999 7,176