Coal

Area	Name	Contact
New customers, rates	Connect with BNSF	Tel: 817 867-6337
Shipment questions	Coal Desk	1-888-428-2673

Utility Coal

Name	Contact
Tom Epich	Tel: 817 867-6239
Jessie McCabe	Tel: 817 867-6248
Larry Meyne/a>	Tel: 817 867-6244
Patrick Moynihan	Tel: 817 867-6274

Industrial Coal

Name	Contact
Tom Epich	Tel: 817 867-6239

Tariff Prices

• Other unit train tariffs 
• Industrial/odd-lot tariffs 

Rules Books and Accessorial Charges

• Coal Rules Book BNSF 6041 
• BNSF 6100A Rulebook for standard rules for carload shipments 

Fuel Surcharge

A fuel surcharge is applicable on all BNSF coal shipments:

• Current Month Fuel Surcharge Update 
• Coal mileage table  
• Percent of Revenue Fuel Surcharge 

Contacts

Area	Name
Coal opportunities	Tom Epich

Rotary Aluminum Gondola

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

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.

Steel Manual Hopper

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.

Private Equipment Guidelines

The following section contains guidelines and information for the use of privately marked equipment where BNSF is the origination line-haul carrier.

1. Private rail equipment must meet the Association of American Railroads' (AAR's) Circular OT-5 for Rules Governing the Assignment of Reporting Marks and Mechanical Designations. Privately marked equipment must also be registered via the OT-57 process that is administered by Railinc. For more information, please visit Railinc's Loading Authority (OT-57) web site.
2. Private equipment controlling entities are required to manage the flow (pipeline) of empty equipment moving to BNSF origin line haul locations or connecting carrier serving locations to preserve network fluidity.
   
3. BNSF may require private equipment controlling entities to move equipment off-line at their expense to preserve network fluidity.
   
4. Private equipment is subject to charges for both equipment held for loading and unloading and equipment held for purposes other than loading or unloading.
   
5. BNSF's Mechanical Requirements for Private Equipment listed below.
   

SAFETY IS BNSF'S MAIN PRIORITY

The following is not all inclusive. However, equipment must comply with all of the following key mechanical requirements:

1. All interchange freight car owners must subscribe to the AAR Interchange Rules and be listed in FindUs.Rail.
2. Cars must comply with and be maintained, by the owner, per the AAR Office and Field Manual Rules.
3. All AAR Field Manual Rules (Sections A.1 and A.2 defects along with any component obsolete or prohibited in interchange) must be complied with and equipment must be repaired or replaced prior to placement of the cars on BNSF.
4. All cars must have yellow Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 224 compliant reflectorization with the application date registered in Umler (no grandfathered material allowed).
5. Angle cocks located below the coupler as shown in AAR Field Manual Rule 5 Figure 14 are prohibited.
6. Greater than 268,000 Pound Gross Rail Load Freight Cars of any car type must meet one of the following criteria:

1. Cars are approved by the AAR per Specification S-286 or
2. Cars are approved by the AAR per Specification S-259 and the following is met: Cars must be equipped with constant contact side bearings, preferably long travel.
3. Cars must be registered with the proper Star Code.

7. 286,000 Pound Gross Rail Load Freight Cars of any car type less than 44 feet 11 inches in overall length must have route specifically approved by BNSF due to bridge loading concerns. The following link can assist in route selections: Rail Network Maps.
8. Flat Cars of any type and capacity must be equipped with constant contact side bearings. Long travel constant contact side bearings are preferred.
9. Covered Hoppers must have outlet gates that seal completely. The sealing member must be maintained in good condition and not allow product to bypass the gaskets/seals and leak onto the ground. All gates must be of a positive lock design with security seal capability.
10. Cars equipped with one or more rotary couplers must be equipped with anti-gravity locks on both ends.
11. All Cars must meet AAR and FRA Safety Appliance Standards.
12. Gondolas and bulkhead flat cars must be equipped with crossover platform and associated safety appliances on both ends.
13. Bottom dump coal hopper cars equipped with door line air hose must have this hose in the "low" configuration as to not block the crossover platform.
14. Tank cars must be equipped with a Group R "weather resistant" slack adjuster.

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