RogerScott

Burlington Northern: Then and Now

BNI is not a near term investment, nor will you make a huge return because of large capital investments. BNI's long term attraction is based on:
1. Taxpayers will be less willing to subsidize the trucking industry through highway maintaince and increasing capacity of highways for trucks.
2. BNI is well managed.
3. Higher fuel prices caused by reaching peak oil will give BNI a competitive advantage over trucking.
4. BNI is a strong franchise. It cannot be duplicated. There is no substitute for railroads (shipping heavy loads over land) based on known technology.
5 Trade over long distances will increase only constrained by fuel costs.