Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) - Schedule of Assets (Details) - EBP 002 $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
EBP, Plan Name	INVESTMENT AND RETIREMENT PLAN
Entity Tax Identification Number	27-1754839
EBP, Plan Number	002
Notes receivable from participants	$ 29,399
Total assets held for investment purposes	2,783,379
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: BNSF 401(k) Plans Master Trust, Investment in Master Trust
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Current Value	$ 2,753,980
EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration]	BNSF 401(k) Plans Master Trust [Member]
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Plan Interest in Master Trust, Participation Status [Extensible Enumeration]	us-gaap-ebp:EmployeeBenefitPlanParticipantDirectedMember
EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Party-in-Interest [true false]	true
Minimum
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Employee benefit plan, asset held for investment, participant loan, interest rate	4.25%
Employee benefit plan participant loan, years of maturity	1 year
Maximum
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Employee benefit plan, asset held for investment, participant loan, interest rate	9.50%
Employee benefit plan participant loan, years of maturity	15 years

Employee benefit plan participant loan years of maturity.

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- Definition

The Tax Identification Number (TIN), also known as an Employer Identification Number (EIN), is a unique 9-digit value assigned by the IRS.

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Name of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Amount of total assets in schedule of asset held for investment of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Includes, but is not limited to, current value of investment, participant loan, and plan interest in master trust.

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-Section S99
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-Subparagraph (SX 210.6A-05(a)(Schedule I))
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-Name Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
-Number 2520
-Section 103
-Subsection 10
-Paragraph b
-Subparagraph (1)
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Amount, after deemed distribution, of participant loan in schedule of asset held for investment of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Indicates (true false) whether asset held for investment of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) was transacted with party-in-interest.

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- Definition

Current value of plan interest in master trust in schedule of asset held for investment of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

Indicates status of participation by participant for plan interest in master trust in schedule of asset held for investment of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Indicates name of issuer of investment held by employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

Interest rate on participant loan in schedule of asset held for investment of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

Plan number of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)), in three-digit numeric format.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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