18 mentions across the corpus · positive 5 · negative 0 · neutral 13 · historical 0
Buffett: Coronavirus threat shouldn't change how you invest | February 24, 2020
“maybe Burlington, northern Santa Fe's margins could be improved. You can look back at Bill Ackman's experience with the Canadian Pacific Railway”
Morning Session - 2019 Meeting
“Every major North American railroad other than Burlington Northern has adopted at least some aspects of precision-scheduled railroading”
Why Berkshire has gone into capital-intensive businesses
“why specifically have you invested Burlington Northern instead of buying a capital efficient company”
Charles Munger Interview: The Power of Partnership with Warren Buffett
“raised in omaha to buy the burlington northern railroad it built the whole country it changed the whole world”
Morning Session - 2015 Meeting
“Burlington Northern leads the industry in safety, but the safety figures get better year after year”
Morning Session - 2015 Meeting
“We do not, we have some insurance at Burlington Northern, but we don't need insurance at Berkshire.”
"People react too much to short-term things" | March 3, 2014
“Burlington just said that it was buying 5,000 new tank cars that are higher than the state.”
Buffett sees "gradual improvement" in economy | May 6, 2013
“we have not talked much about the railroads to this point. When you look at what's happening with Burlington Northern, where are you”
“Now, you've also bought into the railroad industry. Yeah. The freight carrying railroad industry. Yeah. Burlington – was it Burlington? BNS. BNS. Burlington – North of Santa Fe.”
"No question" the global economy is slowing | October 24, 2012
“Burlington, Northern, obviously moving a lot of materials and natural gas is big for them, too, correct? Yeah. Well, at Burlington, coal is down”
Afternoon Session - 2012 Meeting
“those where you expect significant capital reinvestment needs, for example, Burlington Northern.”
Morning Session - 2012 Meeting
“Burlington Northern and Mid-American are two key links in a critical supply chain. Can you describe your views on coal”
Afternoon Session - 2012 Meeting
“Burlington Northern was enormously helped when you could double the container carriage by making the tunnels a little higher and the bridges a little stronger...it's a terrific business, with terrific”
Warren Buffett; Anwar al-Awlaki Killed
“Our shareholders will own a greater percentage of BNSF, Burlington Northern, they'll own a greater percentage”
Afternoon Session - 2011 Meeting
“including Mid-America Energy, and Burlington Railway, which transports coal, much of which is getting exported to China”
Afternoon Session - 2010 Meeting
“I make no decisions about who gets hired at Geico or Burlington or Mid-American or anything of the sort”
Class B stock split was "easy decision" | January 20, 2010
“Burlington Northern shareholders get to vote next month. Right. Are you confident that they'll vote in favor of this?”
Morning Session - 2009 Meeting
“we don't tell, you know, the Burlington Northern what safety procedures to put in.”