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Network | 2420402 - Disclosure - Employment Benefit Plans Net Cost Recognized (Details) (http://www.bnsf.com/role/EmploymentBenefitPlansNetCostRecognizedDetails) |
Table | Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table] |
Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0000015511 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
Scenario [Axis] | Scenario, Unspecified [Domain] |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | Period [Axis] | |||||
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2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31 | 2015-01-01 - 2015-12-31 | 2014-01-01 - 2014-12-31 | ||||
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Axis] | Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Axis] | Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Axis] | ||||
Pension Plan [Member] | Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits [Member] | Pension Plan [Member] | Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits [Member] | Pension Plan [Member] | Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits [Member] | |
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost [Abstract] | ||||||
Service cost | ||||||
Interest cost | ||||||
Expected return on plan assets | ( | ( | ( | |||
Amortization of prior service credits | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( |
Amortization of net loss | ||||||
Settlements | ( | ( | ( | |||
Net (benefit) cost recognized | ( | ( |