SPEAKERS' SCHEDULE FOR MARCH 22 HEARING ON BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ACQUISITION OF BNSF

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>From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C.
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The Surface Transportation Board today announced a schedule of speakers'
appearances and their time allocations for the Board's March 22, 2012
public hearing
( http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/WebDecisionID/42260?OpenDocument )


 to explore the impact of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.'s (Berkshire)
acquisition of the BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) on certain costing
determinations.  Berkshire paid $43 billion for the 2010 acquisition of
BNSF.  The Board will look at the effect of this price on its annual
Uniform Rail Costing System and revenue-adequacy findings for BNSF.


                                        The hearing will begin at 9:30 a.m.
                                        in the Board's Hearing Room on the
                                        1st floor of the agency's
                                        headquarters at Patriots Plaza I,
                                        395 E Street, S.W., Washington,
                                        D.C. The hearing will be webcast on
                                        the agency's website,
                                        www.stb.dot.gov.


                                        SCHEDULE OF APPEARANCES  /  TIME
                                        ALLOTTED

                                        Panel I:  Members of Congress
                                        The Honorable Al Franken
                                        (tentative) / as needed

                                        Panel II:  Shipper Interests
                                        Western Coal Traffic League, et
                                        al.: Thomas D. Crowley, John W.
                                        Wilson, John H. LeSeur / 45 minutes

                                        Panel III:  Shipper Interests
                                        Alliance For Rail Competition, et
                                        al.: Terry C. Whiteside, John M.
                                        Cutler, Jr. / 10 mins.

                                        Consumers United for Rail Equity:
                                        Michael F. McBride / 10 mins.

                                        National Association of Wheat
                                        Growers: Wayne O. Hurst / 5 mins.

                                        Panel IV:  Freight Railroads
                                        BNSF Railway Company: Thomas N.
                                        Hund, Richard E. Weicher, Robert M.
                                        Jenkins III, Roman L. Weil, Kevin
                                        Neels, Michael R. Baranowski / 60
                                        mins.

                                        Panel V:  Railroad Interests
                                        Association of American Railroads:
                                        John T. Gray / 10 mins.

                                        Panel VI:  Rebuttal
                                        Western Coal Traffic League, et
                                        al.: (to be determined)  / 15 mins.


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