Top 25 Hazmat Commodities

Top 25 HAZMAT Commodities Transported by BNSF

This information is historical; it may no represent BNSF’s current Hazmat traffic or Hazmat traffic through your specific response area. Differences may be the result of changes in the BNSF’s customer base and/or logistical decisions on routing.  The listing is not in order of shipments by volume.  Please request a Hazmat Commodity Flow to determine the commodities transported through your specific response area.

wdt_ID UN/NA ID# DOT Hazard Class Proper Shipping Name
1 1987/3065/1170/3475 3/CL Alcohols/Ethanol
2 1267/3494 3 Petroleum Crude Oil
3 1075 2.1 Liquefied Petroleum Gas
4 3257 9 Elevated Temperature Liquid, N.O.S.
5 1993/1202 3/CL Diesel Fuel / Fuel Oil
6 1203 3 Gasoline
7 1824 8 Sodium Hydroxide Solution
8 1830 8 Sulfuric Acid
9 1789 8 Hydrochloric Acid
10 3082 9 Environmental Hazardous Substances, Liquid, N.O.S.
11 3077 9 Environmentally Hazardous Substances, Solid, N.O.S.
12 2448 9 Sulfur, Molten
13 1230 3 Methanol
14 1268 3/CL Petroleum Distillates, N.O.S.
15 1805 8 Phosphoric Acid Solution
16 1993 CL Combustible Liquid, N.O.S.
17 2055 3 Styrene Monomer, Stabilized
18 2370 3 1-Hexene
19 1017 2.3 Chlorine
20 1814 8 Potassium Hydroxide, Solution
21 1262 3 Octanes
22 2187 2.2 Carbon Dioxide, Refrigerated Liquid
23 1265 3 Pentanes
24 2789 8 Acetic Acid, Glacial
25 1942 5.1 Ammonium Nitrate