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BNSF Telecommunications Overview

BNSF Telecommunications Overview. Tana Perkins . Southern California Telecom Manager. Contents . Who is BNSF? BNSF facts Our colorful history BNSF Telecom Team Local operations Ethernet/IP Use RF Use Questions. Who is BNSF?.

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BNSF Telecommunications Overview

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  1. BNSF Telecommunications Overview Tana Perkins Southern California Telecom Manager

  2. Contents • Who is BNSF? • BNSF facts • Our colorful history • BNSF Telecom Team • Local operations • Ethernet/IP Use • RF Use • Questions

  3. Who is BNSF? • Today's BNSF Railway is the product of 160 years of history, and nearly 400 different railroad lines. • Our Railroad: While many different railroads combined to form BNSF, the people who worked at those railroads shared many traits. The people who built BNSF were — and continue to be — a unique breed, blending the forward-thinking of dreamers with the pragmatism of results-oriented business leaders. This heritage played a central role in settling and growing the American West, and today, BNSF continues to have a significant impact in meeting the needs of shippers and serving the economy. • Video: Our History

  4. BNSF Facts • Network: 32,000 route miles • States: 28 • Canadian provinces: 2 • Employees: Almost 40,000 • Ports served: 40+ • Intermodal facilities: 31 • Locomotives: 6,000 • Signal locations: 12,400 • Video: Rail efficiency

  5. BNSF Facts, Cont. • Bridges: 13,100 • Tunnels: 87 • Tunnel Miles: 34 • Grade crossings: 26,000 • Holiday season shipping/yr: 50 million • 2011 carloads: 9.5 million

  6. In a Typical Year • BNSF hauls enough asphalt to lay a single lane road around the equator four times • BNSF hauls enough coal to provide 10% of the nations electricity • BNSF hauls more than 1 billion cans of canned goods • BNSF hauls enough newsprint to print 1 billion Sunday newspapers • BNSF hauls enough fertilizer to fertilize a field the size of the entire state of Kansas • We haul more cargo than any of our competitors

  7. Our Colorful Telecom History • 1851, A perfect marriage, Railroad and Telegraph • 1920 – 1925, Voice dispatching via crank telephones • 1936 – 1943, Trainphone • 1940s, Telephone voice on pole line (Enter, “Telecom Team”) • 1960s, Radios and analog microwave • 1970s, Southern Pacific Railroad turns communication co. • 1980s, DTMF dialing and microwave build out • 1988, Telecom Network Control Center, and tunnels • 1992, First tunnel radio system • 1996 – 1998, Advent of digital Microwave • 2012, IP Microwave full rollout

  8. BNSF Telecom Forces • Goal: Move trains, safely • Field team consists of: • Inside Plant (Electronic Technicians) • Outside Plant (Maintainers) • Maintains, repairs and installs • Customer service, break-fix, emergency support • Engineering and management infrastructure

  9. California Division Telecom Operations • California Division Headquarters: San Bernardino • 3 field offices: San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Stockton • 58 Telecom employees • 63 major towers, 100+ tower/radiating elements • 1400+ main track miles

  10. California Division Facts • Cajon subdivision hosts 40% of the nations rail traffic. Passing through this corridor, makes this the busiest bit of rail in the nation • House the Western Transcon (Transcontinental Railroad) • San Bernardino dispatch center • Barstow hump yard • Intermodal facilities, Commerce, San Bernardino, Mariposa • Automotive facilities, San Bernardino and Richmond • Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Harbor facility • Alameda Corridor Telecom support/operations • San Bernardino: 1st Operational Positive Train Control System

  11. Local/California Operations • Territory • BNSF’s California Division is based in San Bernardino. • Three telecom field offices serve our division – Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Stockton. A team of 58 manage the operation. • 63 major tower sites, over 100 tower/radiating elements in all • Over 1400 Main Track Miles, Several hundred miles of feeder/industry and private track

  12. Extensive use of Ethernet/IP • Nationwide IP network • Self-healing MPLS Core • Geographically diverse major and minor data centers • Secured Ethernet communications • Increased use of packetized radio for 6.25kHz • Centralized Dispatch use of VoIP

  13. Our Use of RF • Large nationwide network of microwave systems • Nationwide array of Telco circuits, on-track fiber • Massive deployment of cameras, track condition sensors, environmental sensors etc. • Leadership of new RF based train control system (PTC)

  14. Our Technologies On-Track Systems Voice Data 1 Data 2 GPS Cell/PCS Wi-Fi

  15. Positive Train Control • History • What is PTC? • Interoperability • BNSF’s role • Video: Positive Train Control

  16. Questions? • Tana Perkins, PMP, MSM • BNSF Railway • Telecom Manager, San Bernardino • Tana.Perkins@BNSF.com • 909-386-4600 • www.bnsf.com • www.linkedin.com/in/tanaperkins

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