The BNSF trains serve three purposes: local business (mostly ag and intermodal) for customers in the Central Valley; through trains (primarily intermodal) to the San Francisco Bay area; and north-south trains that use BNSF’s Inside Gateway route to the Pacific Northwest (these trains use UP trackage rights north of Stockton). More @Wikipedia
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