HASLET, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 3: A locomotive sits idle on the tracks at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Intermodal Facility November 3, 2009 in Haslet, Texas. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett announced Tuesday his Berkshire Hathaway company plans to purchase 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

HASLET, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 3: A locomotive sits idle on the tracks at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Intermodal Facility November 3, 2009 in Haslet, Texas. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett announced Tuesday his Berkshire Hathaway company plans to purchase 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

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  1. Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains make their way through a rail yard in Chicago in this November 3, 2009 file photo. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. shareholders approved the number two U.S. railroad company's takeover by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., clearing the way for billionaire investor Warren Buffett's largest acquisition to be completed on February 12, 2010. Berkshire is buying the 77.4 percent of Burlington Northern that it did not already own. The cash-and-stock transaction was valued at $26.4 billion, or $100 per share, and valued all Burlington Northern at about $34 billion.
  2. A Burlington Northern Santa Fe locomotive is seen in Cicero, Illinois in this November 3, 2009 file photo. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. shareholders approved the number two U.S. railroad company's takeover by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., clearing the way for billionaire investor Warren Buffett's largest acquisition to be completed on February 12, 2010. Berkshire is buying the 77.4 percent of Burlington Northern that it did not already own. The cash-and-stock transaction was valued at $26.4 billion, or $100 per share, and valued all Burlington Northern at about $34 billion.
  3. The Burlington Northern Santa Fe logo is seen on a train in Cicero, Illinois in this November 3, 2009 file photo. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. shareholders approved the number two U.S. railroad company's takeover by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., clearing the way for billionaire investor Warren Buffett's largest acquisition to be completed on February 12, 2010. Berkshire is buying the 77.4 percent of Burlington Northern that it did not already own. The cash-and-stock transaction was valued at $26.4 billion, or $100 per share, and valued all Burlington Northern at about $34 billion.
  4. Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, addresses The Women's Conference 2008 in Long Beach, California in this October 22, 2008, file photo. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. shareholders approved the number two U.S. railroad company's takeover by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., clearing the way for billionaire investor Buffett's largest acquisition to be completed on February 12, 2010. Berkshire is buying the 77.4 percent of Burlington Northern that it did not already own. The cash-and-stock transaction was valued at $26.4 billion, or $100 per share, and valued all Burlington Northern at about $34 billion. Picture taken October 22, 2008.
  5. FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2010 file photo, investor Warren Buffett gestures during an interview prior to a special Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb. Standard & Poor's will add Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. to its S&P 100 and S&P 500 indexes after Berkshire acquires Burlington Northern Santa Fe.
  6. Investor Warren Buffett gestures during an interview prior to a special Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Berkshire shareholders have approved splitting the company's Class B shares 50-for-1 as part of the company's $26.3 billion acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
  7. Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett, right, and Salida Capital CEO Courtenay Wolfe are interviewed before lunch Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, in New York. Salida Capital, a Canadian investment firm, paid $1.68 million last year to win lunch with the billionaire investor, whose annual charity lunch auctions benefit the Glide Foundation, which provides social services to San Francisco's homeless and poor.
  8. Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, addresses The Women's Conference 2008 in Long Beach, California in this October 22, 2008, file photo. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. shareholders approved the number two U.S. railroad company's takeover by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., clearing the way for billionaire investor Buffett's largest acquisition to be completed on February 12, 2010. Berkshire is buying the 77.4 percent of Burlington Northern that it did not already own. The cash-and-stock transaction was valued at $26.4 billion, or $100 per share, and valued all Burlington Northern at about $34 billion. Picture taken October 22, 2008.
  9. Investor Warren Buffett gestures during an interview prior to a special Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Berkshire shareholders have approved splitting the company's Class B shares 50-for-1 as part of the company's $26.3 billion acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
  10. Investor Warren Buffett gestures during an interview prior to a special Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Berkshire shareholders have approved splitting the company's Class B shares 50-for-1 as part of the company's $26.3 billion acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
  11. Investor Warren Buffett gestures during an interview prior to a special Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Berkshire shareholders have approved splitting the company's Class B shares 50-for-1 as part of the company's $26.3 billion acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
  12. Investor Warren Buffett gestures during an interview prior to a special Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Berkshire shareholders have approved splitting the company's Class B shares 50-for-1 as part of the company's $26.3 billion acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
  13. FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2010 file photo, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett is interviewed before lunch with officials from Salida Capital, a Canadian Investment firm, in New York. Warren Buffett brought home less pay than Berkshire Hathaway's chief financial officer again last year, but the company is paying more to protect the billionaire these days.
  14. FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2010 file photo, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett is interviewed before lunch with officials from Salida Capital, a Canadian Investment firm, in New York. Warren Buffett brought home less pay than Berkshire Hathaway's chief financial officer again last year, but the company is paying more to protect the billionaire these days.
  15. Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains make their way through a rail yard in Chicago in this November 3, 2009 file photo. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. shareholders approved the number two U.S. railroad company's takeover by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., clearing the way for billionaire investor Warren Buffett's largest acquisition to be completed on February 12, 2010. Berkshire is buying the 77.4 percent of Burlington Northern that it did not already own. The cash-and-stock transaction was valued at $26.4 billion, or $100 per share, and valued all Burlington Northern at about $34 billion.
  16. A Burlington Northern Santa Fe locomotive is seen in Cicero, Illinois in this November 3, 2009 file photo. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. shareholders approved the number two U.S. railroad company's takeover by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., clearing the way for billionaire investor Warren Buffett's largest acquisition to be completed on February 12, 2010. Berkshire is buying the 77.4 percent of Burlington Northern that it did not already own. The cash-and-stock transaction was valued at $26.4 billion, or $100 per share, and valued all Burlington Northern at about $34 billion.

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