Individual Railcar

Whether you’re shipping one carload or multiple carloads, BNSF’s individual railcar service offers you consistent, reliable and cost-effective service. Through this service, you can access the most efficient and fluid rail network in North America directly to/from your facility.

Excellent for multi-truck quantities of commodities such as canned goods, steel, lumber, paper, and more.
Easily fit three or more truckloads in a single railcar.

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Our public pricing provides a level of transparency not available with other modes of transportation. We offer prices that are often a better value than alternative modes and providers of transportation.

To obtain a rate for individual railcar service, you can use BNSF's online pricing tool or contact a sales representative.

If you are interested in shipping agricultural products contact an Ag Products Representative.

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A fuel surcharge is applicable on individual railcar shipments:

BNSF requires a completed and approved credit application prior to a shipment order.

With access to most major destinations in the Western United States and joint-line access to Eastern markets, we have the flexibility to get your goods where they need to go.

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Customers desiring to ship in unit train service must comply with the Unit Train Operation Guidelines. Please note, in order to take advantage of our unit train service, you must own or lease your equipment.
BNSF provides service for steel products only on designated routes. Find out where BNSF ships.
Check to see if BNSF serves your destination using our switching guides.
Special exceptions exist for freight moving interline. Use our routing guides for moving freight to the CSX, Canadian Pacific, and Canadian National railroads.

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If you are not directly served by a railroad and need delivery by truck, consider using one of our premier transloaders or BNSF Logistics.
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AutoMax

Specifications Table	Diagram
Description	Three decks with capacity to hold up to 24 vehicles of various sizes.

Auto-Rack Bi-Level

Specifications Table	Diagram
Description	Two decks with clearance for up to 10 larger vehicles such as pick-up trucks and SUVs

Auto-Rack Tri-Level

Specifications Table	Diagram
Description	Three decks with clearance for up to 15 smaller passenger vehicles.

Aluminum Bottom Discharge

All specifications are approximate and may vary between car builders and car owner specifications.

Specifications Table	Diagram
Coupled Length**	53.1 ft
Net Carrying Capacity	117 tons
Gross Weight on Rail	143 tons
Door Actuation	Remote Air Activated Release

** Required length for rotary gondolas but only required for bottom discharge equipment if equipped with rotary couplers.

Boxcar

Specifications Table	Diagram (50 ft)	Diagram (60 ft)
Inside Length	50 ft	60 ft
Inside Height	13 ft	13 ft
Inside Width	9.6 ft	9.6 ft
Door Type	Plug	Sliding and plug
Door Width	10.6 ft to 16 ft	10.6 ft to 16 ft
Lading Capacity	185,000 to 215,000 lbs	201,000 to 209,000 lbs
Cubic Foot Capacity	6,100 to 6,250	7,500
Plate	F	F, G
Fleet Size	2,560	1,394

Bulkhead Flatcar

We have 2,475 bulkhead flats (metal and wood decks). Some of the commodities that are transported on the 62 foot bulkhead flats are structural steel, pipe, steel plate and some lumber products.

Specifications Table	Diagram (56ft)	Diagram (60ft)	Diagram (62ft)	Diagram (66ft)	Diagram (70ft)	Diagram (85ft)
Inside Length	56.8 ft	60.8 ft	62 ft	66 ft	70 ft	85.4 ft
Inside Width	9.3 ft to 10.5 ft	8.2 ft to 10.3 ft	9.3 ft to 10.5 ft	10 ft	8.8 ft	8.7 ft
Lading Capacity	143,500 to 196,000 lbs	178,500 to 186,000 lbs	163,400 to 205,100 lbs	183,500 to 188,600 lbs	173,800 to 181,200 lbs	173,600 to 178,100 lbs
Fleet Size	443 cars	371 cars	1,583 cars (most TTX Leased)	119 cars	49 cars	33 cars

Centerbeam Flatcar

Specifications Table	Diagram (60 ft)	Diagram (73 ft)
Inside Length	60 ft	73 ft
Lading Capacity	198,000 to 200,000 lbs	195,000 to 225,000 lbs
Floor Type	Risers	Risers/Riserless
Fleet Size	300	4,900

Chain Tie-Down Flatcar - 60 ft

Specifications Table	Diagram (HTTX)	Diagram (OTTX)	Diagram (TTHX)
Deck Length	60 ft	60 ft	60 ft
Deck Height - ATR	3.9 ft	3.9 ft	3.9 ft
Deck Width	10.6 ft	10.6 ft	10.6 ft
Deck Type	Wood	Wood	Wood - with stake pockets
Deck Fittings	Chains in 4 longitudinal channels, stake pockets	Chains in 4 longitudinal channels, stake pockets	Chains stored in side stake pockets (9 per side)
Chain Count & Size	38 ea 1/2 inch heavy duty chains, 12 ft in length	48 ea 3/8 inch alloy chains, 8 ft in length	18 ea 1/2 inch heavy duty chains, 8 ft in length
Lading Capacity	152,600 lbs (avg)	153,800 lbs (avg)	155,400 lbs (avg)
Plate	B	B	B
Fleet Size	187	361	49

Chain Tie-Down Flatcar - 68 ft

Specifications Table	Diagram (ATSF/BNSF)
Deck Length	68 ft
Deck Height - ATR	5.3 ft
Deck Width	9.6 ft
Deck Type	Wood - with stake pockets
Deck Fittings	Chains in 4 longitudinal channels, stake pockets
Chain Count & Size	40 ea 1/2 inch heavy duty chains, 9 ft in length
Lading Capacity	231,500 lbs (avg)
Plate	B
Fleet Size	60

Chain Tie-Down Flatcar - 89ft

Specifications Table	Diagram (ITTX)	Diagram (ITTX)	Diagram (TTDX)
Deck Length	89 ft	89 ft	89 ft
Deck Height - ATR	3.10 ft (Max. 7.8 ft including top-mounted hand brake)	3.9 ft	3.9 ft
Deck Width	8.6 ft to 9 ft	8.6 ft to 9 ft	8.6 ft to 9 ft
Deck Type	Steel	Wood	Steel
Deck Fittings	Chains in 2 longitudinal channels	Chains in 4 longitudinal channels	Chains in 2 longitudinal channels
Chain Count and Size	32 ea 3/8 inch alloy chains, 10 ft in length	40 to 56 ea 3/8 or 1/2 inch alloy chains, 10 ft in length	16 ea 1/2 inch heavy duty chains, 9 ft in length
Lading Capacity	149,500 lbs (avg)	142,000 lbs (avg)	148,300 lbs (avg)
Plate	B	B	B
Fleet Size	137	200	47

Covered Coils

Specifications Table	Diagram (Covered)
Inside Length	34 ft to 56 ft
Inside Width	6 ft to 9.2 ft
Inside Height	1.9 ft to 9 ft
Capacity	Up to 60 inch diameter coils and up to 20 tons per coil
Fleet Size	1,221 cars

Covered Hoppers

Specifications Table	Diagram (Jumbo)	Diagram (Large)	Diagram (Small)
Cubic Capacity	5161 to 5188	4427 to 4750	2700 to 3426
GWR	286,000 lbs	263,000 lbs	263,000 to 286,000 lbs
Hatch Type	Trough, Combination	Trough, Circular	Trough, Circular
Outlet Gates	Gravity, Pneumatic	Gravity, Pneumatic	Gravity
Commodities	Grain, Sugar, Malt	Grain, Sugar, Malt, Fertilizers, Potash, Sand, Clay, Alumina, Coke, Lime	Sand, Perlite, Roofing Granules
Fleet Size	15,500	16,600	2,100

Flexibeam Flatcar

Specifications Table	Diagram (81 ft)
Inside Length	81 ft
Lading Capacity	215,000 to 216,000 lbs
Floor Type	Riserless
Fleet Size	198

Insulated Boxcar

Specifications Table	Diagram
Inside Length	60 ft
Inside Height	10.6 ft
Inside Width	9 ft to 9.4 ft
Door Type	Plug
Door Width	10.6 ft to 16 ft
Lading Capacity	164,000 to 175,000 lbs
Cubic Foot Capacity	6,000
Plate	C
Fleet Size	2,251

Open Coil Cars

Specifications Table	Diagram
Inside Length	34 ft to 42 ft
Inside Width	7.3 ft
Inside Height	2 ft to 6.8 ft
Lading Capacity	188,000 to 220,000 lbs
Cubic Capacity	1,200 to 2,361 CuFt
Fleet Size	851 Cars

Open Top Hopper

Specifications Table	Diagram
Cubic Capacity	3420 to 4,000
GWR	263,000 lbs to 286,000 lbs
Outlet Gates	Bottom Dump Gravity
Commodities	Coke, Metallurgical coal, Clay, Slag, Pumice, Crushed stone
Fleet Size	3,300

Pipe Flatcars

Specifications Table	Diagram (89 ft 70 BNSF)	Diagram (89 ft 70 ton PTTX)	Diagram (100 ton PTTX)
Inside Length	89 to 89.4 ft	89 to 89.3 ft	89.3 ft
Inside Width	8.3 to 9.3 ft	8.5 to 9.3 ft	9.3 ft
Lading Capacity	146,700 to 167,300 lbs	139,300 to 206,800 lbs	200,000 to 208,000 lbs
Fleet Size	265 cars	1111 cars	106 cars

Pole Flats

Specifications Table	Diagram (89 ft)
Inside Length	89.3 ft
Inside Width	9 to 9.3 ft
Lading Capacity	148,100 to 200,000 lbs
Fleet Size	78 cars

Refrigerated Boxcar

Specifications Table	Diagram
Inside Length	72.2 ft
Inside Height	11.11 ft
Inside Width	9.2 ft
Door Type	Plug
Door Width	12 ft
Lading Capacity	180,000 lbs
Cubic Foot Capacity	7,883
Plate	F
Fleet Size	994

Rotary Aluminum Gondolas

All specifications are approximate and may vary between car builders and car owner specifications.

Specifications Table	Diagram
Coupled Length	53.1 ft
Net Carrying Capacity	121 tons
Gross Weight on Rail	143 tons
Door Actuation	N/A

Small Ore Cars

Specifications Table	Diagram
Cubic Capacity	1600 to 2328
GWR	263,000 lbs to 286,000 lbs
Outlet Gates	Bottom Dump Gravity
Commodities	Taconite
Fleet Size	1,300

Steel Manual

All specifications are approximate and may vary between car builders and car owner specifications.

Specifications Table	Diagram
Coupled Length**	53.1 ft
Net Carrying Capacity*	102 tons
Gross Weight on Rail*	131.5 tons
Door Actuation	Manual Door Release

* Majority of steel equipment in coal service is restricted to 131.5 gross weight on rail. Some recently built equipment is capable of 143 tons.

** Required length for rotary gondolas but only required for bottom discharge equipment if equipped with rotary couplers.

Steel Service Gondolas

Specifications Table	Diagram (52 ft)	Diagram (66 ft)
Inside Length	52 ft	65.6 ft to 66 ft
Inside Height	4 ft to 5.8 ft	5 ft to 45.5 ft
Inside Width	9.6 ft	9 ft to 9.6 ft
Lading Capacity	188,000 to 220,000 lbs	185,000 to 213,000 lbs
Cubic Foot Capacity	2,000 to 2,800	3,200 to 3,500
Fleet Size	725 cars	1,800 cars

Transverse Coil Cars

Specifications Table	Diagram (Transverse Coil)
Inside Length	56.7 ft
Inside Width	9.2 ft
Inside Height	2 ft
Capacity	12 troughs holding different diameter coils up to 10 tons per coil
Fleet Size	97 cars

Triple Trough Cars

Inside Length	52.8 ft
Inside Width	8.4 ft
Inside Height	5.2 ft
Capacity	Small Coil up to 60 inch diameter coils up to 5 tons per coil
Fleet Size	23 cars

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Private Equipment Policy

If you own your own equipment and plan to ship it on BNSF Railway, your equipment must be registered via the OT5 process that is administered by Railinc. To register, you will need your CIF number, proper UMLER information and the car numbers to be registered. For more information, please contact BNSF Private Equipment Management Team.

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Loading Origin Guarantees

Shippers have the ability to guarantee equipment supply through BNSF's Loading Origins Guarantee (LOGs) program. See more information on the LOGs program.

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Shipping Questions

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