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Hurricane Rita Evacuees Ride Train on BNSF Railway

Posted on: Thursday, 22 September 2005, 21:00 CDT

FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A special Trinity Railway Express (TRE) passenger train with about 450 evacuees from the Houston area is operating over BNSF Railway trackage from Houston via Teague to Dallas Union Station.

The train, consisting of two TRE locomotives and six passenger cars, is being operated by a TRE crew provided by Herzog Transit Services Inc. The train left Houston at about 3 p.m. today. It is expected to stop at about 8 p.m. at 208 S. Third Street in Teague, where passengers will be provided with meals and water.

The train will then continue to Dallas Union Station, 401 S. Houston St., where it is expected to arrive about midnight. Amtrak will keep Union Station open until the train arrives and will provide personnel to direct passengers upon their arrival.

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

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BNSF Railway

CONTACT: Patrick Hiatte of BNSF Railway, +1-817-235-5697, orPatrick.hiatte@bnsf.com ; or Morgan Lyons of Trinity Railway Express,+1-214-749-2662, or mlyons@DART.org

Web site: http://www.bnsf.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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