BNSF's Chief Financial Officer to Address Three Transportation Conferences

FORT WORTH, TX, Aug 27 (MARKET WIRE) --
Thomas N. Hund, executive vice president and chief financial officer of
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF) (NYSE: BNI), will address
the following three transportation conferences next month:

RBC Capital Markets 2009 Transportation Conference in Toronto, Canada, on
Sept. 8, 2009, at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time;

Dahlman Rose and Co. 2009 Global Transportation Conference in New York on
Sept. 9, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time; and

2009 Credit Suisse Automotive & Transportation Conference in New York on
Sept. 10, 2009, at 8:25 a.m. Eastern time.

Interested investors may listen to the presentations via a simultaneous
Webcast on BNSF's Web site at www.bnsf.com. A replay will be available in
the "Investors" section of the BNSF Web site shortly after each
presentation ends.

About BNSF

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation's subsidiary BNSF Railway Company
operates one of the largest North American rail networks, with about
32,000 route miles in 28 states and two Canadian provinces. BNSF Railway
Company is among the world's top transporters of intermodal traffic,
moves more grain than any other American railroad, carries the components
of many of the products we depend on daily, and hauls enough low-sulfur
coal to generate about ten percent of the electricity produced in the
United States. BNSF Railway Company is an industry leader in Web-enabling
a variety of customer transactions at www.bnsf.com.

Contact:
Jim Rogers
(817) 867-0770

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