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The article on BNSF is very incomplete for such a large company. A segment on the proposed merger with the Canadian National needs to be added. -- 2005 July 10
I used to be a stickler for the fact that the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company was a subsidiary of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation.
Except that this is no longer the case. The railway is now BNSF Railway. See this press release.
-- Plaws 21:03, 2005 Jun 26 (UTC)
Moved from Burlington Northern Railroad. Text on the page referred to the new railroad, so clearly misnamed. -- Morven 18:02, 27 Aug 2003 (UTC)
I neatened the image display, but does this article need all the pictures? —Morven 09:39, Oct 30, 2004 (UTC)
It's notable that railfans detest the new logo, which is rather uninspired to say the least. —Morven 20:40, Feb 10, 2005 (UTC)
On a railfanning trip this weekend to Glen Haven, Wisconsin (a friend of mine has a house on the BNSF mainline there), I heard that the new logo has been named the "Power Bar" logo due to its resemblance to the logos on the athletic snack. slambo 19:50, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)
So is it the Burlington Northern Santa Fe or Burlington Northern and Santa Fe? -- SPUI ( talk) 18:29, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
A search through [2] for BNSF shows that it's now " BNSF Railway Company". The changeover was around the end of 2004/beginning of 2005, before which it was " Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company". In 1996, when they were merging, it was " Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation" and " BNSF Acquisition Corporation". Looks like it was always BN&SF for the railway and BNSF for the holding company. -- SPUI ( talk) 14:54, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
Pretty clear, IMHO. If we do a "move", the redirection takes care of all the links, right? -- Plaws 19:55, September 6, 2005 (UTC)Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, publicly traded parent company of BNSF Railway
I started converting references on the page itself from Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway to BNSF Railway. What is the wikipedia convention for usage, i.e. a second reference? Can we just use the full name at the beginning and then just refer to "BNSF" or "the company" or "the railway" later on? -- Plaws 20:24, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
I've gone and moved it, and fixed the redirects. As for the links to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, which were never correct, do people think those should all be changed to BNSF Railway, or should ones referring to the company pre-2005 be Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway? -- SPUI ( talk) 20:39, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
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The article on BNSF is very incomplete for such a large company. A segment on the proposed merger with the Canadian National needs to be added. -- 2005 July 10
I used to be a stickler for the fact that the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company was a subsidiary of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation.
Except that this is no longer the case. The railway is now BNSF Railway. See this press release.
-- Plaws 21:03, 2005 Jun 26 (UTC)
Moved from Burlington Northern Railroad. Text on the page referred to the new railroad, so clearly misnamed. -- Morven 18:02, 27 Aug 2003 (UTC)
I neatened the image display, but does this article need all the pictures? —Morven 09:39, Oct 30, 2004 (UTC)
It's notable that railfans detest the new logo, which is rather uninspired to say the least. —Morven 20:40, Feb 10, 2005 (UTC)
On a railfanning trip this weekend to Glen Haven, Wisconsin (a friend of mine has a house on the BNSF mainline there), I heard that the new logo has been named the "Power Bar" logo due to its resemblance to the logos on the athletic snack. slambo 19:50, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)
So is it the Burlington Northern Santa Fe or Burlington Northern and Santa Fe? -- SPUI ( talk) 18:29, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
A search through [2] for BNSF shows that it's now " BNSF Railway Company". The changeover was around the end of 2004/beginning of 2005, before which it was " Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company". In 1996, when they were merging, it was " Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation" and " BNSF Acquisition Corporation". Looks like it was always BN&SF for the railway and BNSF for the holding company. -- SPUI ( talk) 14:54, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
Pretty clear, IMHO. If we do a "move", the redirection takes care of all the links, right? -- Plaws 19:55, September 6, 2005 (UTC)Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, publicly traded parent company of BNSF Railway
I started converting references on the page itself from Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway to BNSF Railway. What is the wikipedia convention for usage, i.e. a second reference? Can we just use the full name at the beginning and then just refer to "BNSF" or "the company" or "the railway" later on? -- Plaws 20:24, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
I've gone and moved it, and fixed the redirects. As for the links to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, which were never correct, do people think those should all be changed to BNSF Railway, or should ones referring to the company pre-2005 be Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway? -- SPUI ( talk) 20:39, 7 September 2005 (UTC)