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**Exhibit      12.1**

**BNSF      RAILWAY COMPANY and SUBSIDIARIES**

**COMPUTATION      OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES**

**(In      millions, except ratio amounts)**

**(Unaudited)**

| **Nine Months                Ended September 30,**                                                    |   | **2007** |   |   | **2006**                          |   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------|--------|--------|-----------------------------------|--------|
|                                                                                                            |   |     |   |   | **(As                Adjusted)a** |   |
| Earnings:                                                                                                       |   |     |   |   |                              |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |     |   |   |                              |   |
| Income                before income taxes                                                                       |   | $        | 2,613  |   |                              | $      | 2,588 |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |     |   |   |                              |   |   |   |
| Add:                                                                                                            |   |     |   |   |                              |   |   |   |
| Interest                and other fixed charges, excluding capitalized interest                                 |   |     | 68     |   |                              |   | 91 |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |     |   |   |                              |   |   |   |
| Reasonable                approximation of portion of rent under long-term operating                leases |   |     |   |   |                              |   |   |   |
| representative                of an interest factor                                                             |   |     | 211    |   |                              |   | 193 |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |     |   |   |                              |   |   |   |
| Distributed                income of investees accounted for under the equity method                            |   |     | 3      |   |                              |   | 3 |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |     |   |   |                              |   |   |   |
| Amortization                of capitalized interest                                                             |   |     | 2      |   |                              |   | 3 |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |     |   |   |                              |   |   |   |
| Less:  Equity                in earnings of investments accounted for                                 |   |     |   |   |                              |   |   |   |
| under                the equity method                                                                          |   |     | 15     |   |                              |   | 16 |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |     |   |   |                              |   |   |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |     |   |   |                              |   |   |   |
| Total                earnings available for fixed charges                                                       |   | $        | 2,882  |   |                              | $      | 2,862 |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |     |   |   |                              |   |   |   |
| Fixed                charges:                                                                                   |   |     |   |   |                              |   |   |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |     |   |   |                              |   |   |   |
| Interest                and fixed charges                                                                       |   | $        | 80     |   |                              | $      | 102 |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |     |   |   |                              |   |   |   |
| Reasonable                approximation of portion of rent under long-term operating                leases      |   |     |   |   |                              |   |   |   |
| representative                of an interest factor                                                             |   |     | 211    |   |                              |   | 193 |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |     |   |   |                              |   |   |   |
| Total                fixed charges                                                                              |   | $        | 291    |   |                              | $      | 295 |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |     |   |   |                              |   |   |   |
| Ratio                of earnings to fixed charges                                                               |   |     | 9.90x  |   |                              |   | 9.70x |   |

*Accounting for Planned Major Maintenance Activities*

FORM          10-Q

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