(Source: Lincoln Journal Star, March 4, 2014)
LINCOLN, Neb. — BNSF Railway’s fourth-quarter 2013 net income rose 20 percent to $1.1 billion and revenue rose 6 percent to $5.8 billion compared with fourth-quarter 2012 figures, according to a quarterly performance report. Volume rose 6 percent. Operating expenses ratcheted up 2 percent to $3.9 billion, primarily due to higher compensation and benefits costs. Revenue by business sector: consumer products, up 7 percent to $1.8 billion; industrial products, up 11 percent to $1.5 billion; coal, flat at $1.2 billion; and agricultural products, up 3 percent to $1 billion.
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