Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

Related Party Transactions

The companies identified as affiliates of BNSF include Berkshire and its subsidiaries. During the three-months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company declared and paid cash distributions of $700 million and $500 million, respectively, to Berkshire. In both of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company made no tax payments and received no tax refunds from Berkshire. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had a tax payable to Berkshire of $403 million and a payable to Berkshire of $86 million, respectively.

North American railroads pay TTX Company (TTX) car hire to use TTX’s freight equipment to serve their customers. BNSF owns 17.4 percent of TTX while other North American railroads own the remaining interest. As the Company possesses the ability to exercise significant influence, but not control, over the operating and financial policies of TTX, BNSF applies the equity method of accounting to its investment. The investment in TTX is recorded in other assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, and equity income or losses are recorded in materials and other in the Consolidated Statements of Income. The Company’s investment in TTX was $902 million and $891 million as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The Company incurred car hire expenditures with TTX of $106 million and $97 million for the three-months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.