EX-24.1 5 bni-12312011x10kex241.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY BNI-12.31.2011-10K EX. 24.1


Exhibit 24.1
 
 
 
 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned serve the Company in the capacity indicated;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints THOMAS N. HUND or ROGER NOBER, his attorney with full power to act for him in his name, place and stead, to sign his name in the capacity set forth below, to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, and to any and all amendments to such Annual Report on Form 10-K, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorney may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been executed by the undersigned this 27th day of February, 2012.
/s/ Warren E. Buffett
 
/s/ Marc D. Hamburg
Warren E. Buffett, Manager
 
Marc D. Hamburg, Manager
 
 
 
/s/ Matthew K. Rose
 
/s/ Carl R. Ice                                                       
Matthew K. Rose, Manager and
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
 
Carl R. Ice, Manager
 
 
 
/s/ Gregory C. Fox
 
/s/ Thomas N. Hund
Gregory C. Fox, Manager
 
Thomas N. Hund, Manager and Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
/s/ John P. Lanigan, Jr.
 
/s/ Roger Nober
John P. Lanigan, Jr., Manager
 
Roger Nober, Manager


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