Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains make their way through a rail yard in Cicero, Illinois November 3, 2009. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc will pay $26 billion to buy out railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp in what the billionaire investor called a bet on the U.S. economy. Reuters Pictures 2 weeks ago

Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains make their way through a rail yard in Cicero, Illinois November 3, 2009. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc will pay $26 billion to buy out railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp in what the billionaire investor called a bet on the U.S. economy.

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  1. FORT WORTH, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 3: A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad locomotive sits on the tracks November 3, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett announced Tuesday his Berkshire Hathaway company plans to purchase 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
  2. FORT WORTH, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 3: A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad locomotive sits on the tracks November 3, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett announced Tuesday his Berkshire Hathaway company plans to purchase 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
  3. FORT WORTH, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 3: A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad locomotive sits on the tracks November 3, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett announced Tuesday his Berkshire Hathaway company plans to purchase 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
  4. FORT WORTH, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 3: A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad locomotive sits on the tracks November 3, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett announced Tuesday his Berkshire Hathaway company plans to purchase 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
  5. Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains make their way through a rail yard in Cicero, Illinois November 3, 2009. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc will pay $26 billion to buy out railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp in what the billionaire investor called a bet on the U.S. economy.
  6. HASLET, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 3: A locomotive sits idle on the tracks near 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.
  7. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett (R) and Microsoft Corporation founder Bill Gates (L) appear together for a town hall style meeting with business students broadcast by financial television network CNBC at Columbia University in New York, November 12, 2009.
  8. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett (R) and Microsoft Corporation founder Bill Gates (L) appear together for a town hall style meeting with business students broadcast by financial television network CNBC at Columbia University in New York, November 12, 2009.
  9. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett speaks as he and Microsoft Corporation founder Bill Gates appear together for a town hall style meeting with business students broadcast by financial television network CNBC at Columbia University in New York, November 12, 2009.
  10. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett (R) and Microsoft Corporation founder Bill Gates (L) appear together for a town hall style meeting with business students broadcast by financial television network CNBC at Columbia University in New York, November 12, 2009.
  11. Investor Warren Buffett (R) and Microsoft Corporation founder Bill Gates (L) appear together for a town hall style meeting with business students broadcast by financial television network CNBC at Columbia University in New York, November 12, 2009.
  12. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett laughs as he appears with Microsoft Corporation founder Bill Gates for a town hall style meeting with business students broadcast by financial television network CNBC at Columbia University in New York, November 12, 2009.
  13. Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett, listens during a taping of CNBC television special at Columbia University on Thursday, Nov .12, 2009, in New York.
  14. Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett, listens during a taping of CNBC television special at Columbia University on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, in New York.
  15. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, right, speaks while Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates listens during a taping of a CNBC television special at Columbia University in New York on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.
  16. Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates, left, listens as Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett speaks during a taping of a CNBC television special at Columbia University in New York on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.

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