Exhibit 99.1

                             STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF
                           PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                   REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING
                             TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, Matthew K. Rose, state and attest that:

(1)  To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of
     Burlington Northern Santa Fe ("BNSF" or the "Company"), and, except as
     corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

          .    No covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
               fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in
               the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials,
               as of the date on which it was filed); and

          .    No covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to
               make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
               circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of
               the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
               report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date
               on which it was filed).

(2)  I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's Audit
     Committee.

(3)  In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before
     the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

          .    2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K of BNSF filed with the Securities
               and Exchange Commission;

          .    All reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
               definitive proxy materials of BNSF filed with the Commission
               subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and
               any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/ Matthew K. Rose                               Subcribed and sworn to
Matthew K. Rose                                   before me this 9th day
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer   of August, 2002
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
Date:  August 9, 2002
                                                  Kaaran Frank
                                                  Notary Public
                                                  My Commission Expires: 9-29-05