Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Friends of the Burlington Northern Railroad
Parallel form(s) of name
- FOBNR
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
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Description area
Dates of existence
1993 - present
History
The Friends of the Burlington Northern Railroad (FOBNR) historical society was incorporated in the state of Idaho on January 3, 1993. It was chartered to gather, preserve, and share information about the history and the current operations of the Burlington Northern Railroad. The group began with about 140 members absorbed from the Burlington Northern Historical Society, an un-incorporated interim organization interested in studying the history of the Burlington Northern Railroad. In 1996, following the merger between Burlington Northern and Santa Fe, the group voted to follow the Burlington Northern from 1970 to 1995 and the BNSF from 1995 to the present. Then in 2018 we added coverage of the Montana Rail Link.
The Friends of the Burlington Northern Railroad‘s primary mission is to preserve the history and chronicle the operation of the Burlington Northern Railroad and its successors, including the Montana Rail Link. The organization strives to maintain and disseminate information and records of historical relevance from the railroad’s inception in 1970 and following the merger between Burlington Northern and Santa Fe from 1996 to the present.
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WaBuPNRA
Rules and/or conventions used
Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013
Status
Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created 02-14-2024
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Friends of the Burlington Northern Railroad web page, https://fobnr.org/