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| Parent company | Union Pacific Corporation |
| Headquarters | Union Pacific Center,Omaha, Nebraska, United States |
| Key people |
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| Founder | U.S. Congress |
| CEO | Jim Vena |
| Reporting mark | UP (road locomotives), UPP (passenger cars), UPY (yard locomotives) |
| Locale | Western,Midwestern andSouthern United States |
| Dates of operation | 1862–present
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| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)standard gauge |
| Length | 32,100 miles (51,700 km) |
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| Website | up.com |
TheUnion Pacific Railroad (reporting marksUP,UPP,UPY) is aClass I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over 32,200 miles (51,800 km) routes in 23U.S. states west ofChicago andNew Orleans. Union Pacific is the second largest railroad in the United States afterBNSF, with which it shares[2] aduopoly on transcontinental freight rail lines in theWestern,Midwestern andWest South Central United States.
Founded in 1862, the originalUnion Pacific Rail Road was part of thefirst transcontinental railroad project, later known as theOverland Route. Over the next century, UP absorbed theMissouri Pacific Railroad, theWestern Pacific Railroad, theMissouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad and theChicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. In 1995, the Union Pacific merged withChicago and North Western Transportation Company, completing its reach into theUpper Midwest. In 1996, the company merged withSouthern Pacific Transportation Company, itself a giant system that was absorbed by theDenver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. TheUnion Pacific Railroad Company is the principal operating company ofUnion Pacific Corporation, which are both headquartered at theUnion Pacific Center, inOmaha, Nebraska.
The original company, the "Union Pacific Rail Road", was incorporated on July 1, 1862, under thePacific Railroad Act of 1862. PresidentAbraham Lincoln had approved the act, which authorized railroad construction from theMissouri River to the Pacific to ensure the stability of the Union throughout theAmerican Civil War,[3] but construction did not complete until after the conflict's conclusion.
Under the original bill that formed the basis of the1862 Pacific Railroad Act, the Union Pacific Railroad was to be built from the Nevada–Utah border in the west to the Colorado–Kansas border in the east. However, due to intense lobbying byDr. Thomas Clark Durant, the eastern terminal was moved to a location where the Union Pacific could link up with theMississippi and Missouri Railroad in Iowa.[4][5] Following the Act's passage, commissioners appointed by Congress began selling stock in the federally chartered Union Pacific Railroad Company. By 1863, Durant had organized the purchase of 2,000 shares, the prerequisite amount of stock sold in order to begin the railroad's construction.[6]
The resulting track ran westward fromCouncil Bluffs, Iowa, to meet in Utah theCentral Pacific Railroad line, which had been constructed eastward fromSacramento, California. The combined Union Pacific–Central Pacific line became known as thefirst transcontinental railroad and later theOverland Route.
The line was constructed primarily by Irish labor who had learned their craft during the recentCivil War.[7] Under the guidance of its dominant stockholder,Thomas C. Durant, the namesake of the city ofDurant, Iowa, the first rails were laid inOmaha.[8] The two lines were joined atPromontory Summit, Utah, 53 miles (85 km) west ofOgden on May 10, 1869, hence creating the first transcontinental railroad in North America.[9] Leland Stanford, founder of theCentral Pacific Railroad which itself eventually was merged with Union Pacific, himself drove thegolden spike, inscribed with the words "to span the continent and wed the oceans."[10][11]
Subsequently, the UP purchased threeMormon-built, narrow-gauge roads: theUtah Central Railroad extending south from Ogden toSalt Lake City, theUtah Southern Railroad extending south from Salt Lake City into theUtah Valley, and theUtah Northern Railroad extending north from Ogden intoIdaho.[12]
The UP also purchased the Utah Eastern Railroad and Utah Western Railroad, both Mormon narrow-gauge lines.[13]
The original UP was entangled in theCrédit Mobilier scandal, exposed in 1872. As detailed by theNew York Sun, Union Pacific's largest construction company, Crédit Mobilier, had overcharged Union Pacific; the railroad would then pass the inflated costs on to the United States government. To convince the federal government to accept the increased costs, Crédit Mobilier had bribed multiple congressmen. Several prominent UP board members (including Durant) had been involved in the scheme.[14] The ensuingfinancial crisis of 1873 led to a credit crunch, but not bankruptcy.
As boom followed bust, the Union Pacific continued to expand. A new company, with dominant stockholderJay Gould, purchased the old on January 24, 1880. Gould already owned theKansas Pacific (originally called the Union Pacific, Eastern Division, though in essence a separate railroad), and sought to merge it with UP. Through that merger, the original "Union Pacific Rail Road" transformed into "Union Pacific Railway".[15]
Extending towards the Pacific Northwest, Union Pacific built or purchased local lines to reachPortland, Oregon.[16] Towards Colorado, it built theUnion Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway: a system combining narrow-gauge trackage into the heart of the Rockies and a standard gauge line that ran south from Denver, acrossNew Mexico, and into Texas.
The Union Pacific Railway would later declare bankruptcy during thePanic of 1893. The resulting corporate reorganization reversed Gould's name change: Union Pacific "Railway" merged into a new Union Pacific "Railroad".[17][18]
In the early 20th century, Union Pacific's focus shifted from expansion to internal improvement. Recognizing that farmers in theCentral andSalinas Valleys of California grew produce far in excess of local markets, Union Pacific worked with its rival Southern Pacific to develop a spoilage-resistant rail-based transport system. These efforts came culminated in the 1906 founding ofPacific Fruit Express, soon to be the world's largest lessee ofrefrigerated railcars.[19]
Meanwhile, Union Pacific worked to construct a faster, and more direct substitute for the original climb toPromontory Summit. In 1904, theLucin cutoff opened, reducing curvature and grades. The original route would eventually be stripped of track in 1942 to providewar scrap.[20]
To attract customers during the Great Depression, Union Pacific's chairmanW. Averell Harriman simultaneously sought to "spruce up" the quality of its rolling stock and to make its unique locations more desirable travel destinations. The first effort resulted in the purchase of the firststreamlined train: theM-10000.[21] The latter resulted in theSun Valleyski resort in centralIdaho; it opened in 1936 and finally was sold in 1964.[22][23] Despite the fact that the M-10000 and its successors were among the first diesel locomotives, Union Pacific completeddieselization relatively late. In 1944, UP finally received delivery of its last steam locomotive:Union Pacific 844.[24]
As the 20th century waned, Union Pacific recognized—like most railroads—that remaining a regional railroad would only lead to bankruptcy. On December 31, 1925, UP and its subsidiaries operated 9,834 miles (15,826 km) routes and 15,265 miles (24,567 km) tracks;[citation needed] in 1980, these numbers had remained roughly constant (9,266 route-miles and 15,647 track-miles).[25] But in 1982, UP acquired theMissouri Pacific andWestern Pacific railroads, and 1988, theMissouri–Kansas–Texas.[26] By 1993, Union Pacific had doubled its system to 17,385 miles (27,978 km) routes.
By then, few large (class I) railroads remained. The same year that Union Pacific merged with theChicago and North Western (1995),Burlington Northern andATSF announced merger plans. The impending BNSF amalgamation would leave one mega-railroad in control of the west. To compete, UP merged withSouthern Pacific, thereby incorporatingD&RGW andCotton Belt, and forming a duopoly in the West.[26] The merged railroad took the Union Pacific name. As of 1999, the UP had 33,705 miles (54,243 km) of track, about 33,000 employees, nearly 7,000 locomotives and over 155,000 rail cars.[27]
| UP[Note 4] | LNP&W | S&EV | P&IN | |
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| 1925[28][full citation needed] | 12,869 | 10 | 3 | |
| 1933[28][full citation needed] | 8,639 | 4 | 0.4 | (into UP) |
| 1944[28][full citation needed] | 37,126 | 7 | 0.7 | |
| 1960[28][full citation needed] | 33,280 | (into UP) | (into UP) | |
| 1970[28][full citation needed] | 47,575 | |||
| 1979[29][full citation needed] | 73,708 | |||
| 1993[29][full citation needed] | 220,697 |
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In March 2024 Union Pacific layoffs caused concern at the Federal Railroad Administration to the extent that the FRA, in a letter to UP's CEO, said "safety of railroad operations is paramount ... decisions that comprise that fundamental ... are unacceptable. You must ensure that highly trained and experienced personnel perform critical inspections and repairs .... Your railroad (layoffs) are far outpacing any of your Class 1 peers."[30]
In 2024 the railway celebrated 150 years of having its headquarters in Omaha.[31]
The railway's Big Boy #4014, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, will visit 14 states in middle America in 2024. Twenty-five locomotives of Big Boy's size were fabricated during World War II, but only Big Boy survives. Its "Heartland of America" tour begins in August 2024 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and visits Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas through October.[32]
Another locomotive, UP No. 4141, is named in honor ofGeorge H. W. Bush, the US 41st President and is exhibited at theGeorge H. W. Bush Presidential Center atTexas A&M University in College Station, Texas. The locomotive is custom painted in the colors of GWH Bush'sAir Force One. The engine also pulled the president's funeral train on his final journey to College Station in 2018.[33]
The Union Pacific system includes hundreds of yards. Most areflat yards used for local switching. Other types of yards include intermodal terminals and hump yards. Most UP intermodal terminals are typically ports, but UP also has inland terminals for transfers to trucks, such as the terminal inSan Antonio that opened in 2009[34][35] or the one inSanta Teresa, New Mexico, that opened in 2014.[36]
In 2006, Union Pacific had 11 major activehump yards:[37]
In the late 2010s, Union Pacific began deactivating hump yards in favor of flat switching. In this, Union Pacific followed the industry-wide trend towardsPrecision Scheduled Railroading (PSR); railway executiveHunter Harrison explained that under PSR, few yards receive enough variegated traffic to necessitate a hump.[39] Union Pacific also closed facilities inKansas City ("Neff yard"),Hinkle, Oregon, andPine Bluff, Arkansas in 2019.[40]
Union Pacific has owned some of the most powerful locomotives. These include members of the Challenger-type (includingthe 3985), and the Northern-type (includingthe 844), as well as theBig Boy steam locomotives (includingthe 4014). Union Pacific ordered thefirst diesel streamliner, thelargest fleet of turbine-electric locomotives in the world, and thelargest diesel locomotives ever built (including6936).[41]
The yellow paint scheme was introduced in the spring of 1934. Engineers claimed the visibility of yellow would reducegrade crossing accidents.[42] In 1941, UP introduced its yellow and gray color scheme with red highlights, which remains in use today.[43]
The middle two-thirds of the locomotive body is paintedArmour Yellow,[44] a color used byArmour and Company on the packaging of its meat products. A thin band ofSignal Red divides this from theHarbor Mist Gray (a light gray) used for the body and roof above that point. There is also a thin band of Signal Red along the bottom of the locomotive body, but this color has gradually become yellow as new Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regulations for reflectorized tape came into effect in 2005; the trucks (painted Aluminum from 1955 to 1982), underframe, fuel tanks and everything else beneath that line are also Harbor Mist Gray. Lettering and numbering are in Signal Red, with black outlines. Most locomotives have white-outlined blue "wings" on the nose, on either side of the renowned shield featuring white lettering on a blue background and, below it, red and white vertical stripes. Beginning in early 2002, a number of units were repainted with a large, billowingAmerican flag with the corporate motto "Building America" on the side, where the 'UNION PACIFIC' lettering is normally positioned.[citation needed]
Until 2017, UP operated some locomotives still in the paint scheme of their former railroads. In addition, some locomotives were renumbered by UP, varying in the degree of the previous railroads' logos being eradicated, but always with a yellow patch applied over the locomotive's former number and a new UP number applied on the cab. That allowed UP to number locomotives into its roster without spending the time and money necessary to perform a complete repaint. In May 2015, UP rostered 212 "patches", consisting of:
In 2017, Union Pacific decided to repaint all locomotives which were not in the current corporate colors. As of March 2018,[update] only 41 locomotives remained unpainted.[45]
From the second half of 2005 to the summer of 2006, UP unveiled a new set of sixEMD SD70ACe locomotives in "Heritage Colors", painted in schemes reminiscent of railroads acquired by the Union Pacific Corporation since the 1980s. The engine numbers match the year that the predecessor railroad became part of the Union Pacific system. The locomotives commemorate theMissouri Pacific withUP 1982, theWestern Pacific withUP 1983, theMissouri–Kansas–Texas withUP 1988, theChicago and North Western withUP 1995, theSouthern Pacific withUP 1996, and theDenver and Rio Grande Western withUP 1989.[46]
In October 2005, UP unveiled SD70ACe4141, commissioned in honor ofGeorge Bush. The locomotive has "George Bush 41" on the sides and its paint scheme resembles that ofAir Force One. It was sent into storage in 2007, but returned in 2018 to power Bush'sfuneral train. It was donated to theGeorge H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on November 8, 2019.[47][48]
On March 31, 2010, UP dedicated a specially paintedGE ES44AC locomotive commemorating the centennial of theBoy Scouts of America.[49]
On September 28, 2010, UP dedicated a specially paintedGE ES44AC locomotive, as a tribute toSusan G. Komen for the Cure.[50]
On October 19, 2017, Union Pacific unveiledSD70AH 1943, "The Spirit of the Union Pacific", which is painted in a scheme to honor the United States armed forces.[51]
On June 6, 2019, Union Pacific unveiledSD70ACe 1111, the "Powered By Our People" unit.[52]
In April 2021, Union Pacific repainted anSD70M into a commemorative paint scheme called "We Are ONE" to honor Juneteenth and Pride Month.[53]
UP also has a collection of locomotives painted forOperation Lifesaver, a rail safety organization founded in 1970.[54]
As of December 2023, the Union Pacific had 7,175 locomotives on its active roster consisting of 42 different models.[55]
| Type | Quantity |
|---|---|
| C40-8 | 3 |
| C40-8W | 7 |
| C41-8W | 28 |
| C44-9W | 217 |
| C44AC | 511 |
| C44ACCTE | 543 |
| C44ACM | 655 |
| C45ACCTE | 937 |
| C45AH | 465 |
| CCRCL | 6 |
| E9 | 2 |
| GP15-1 | 46 |
| GP15N | 22 |
| GP22 | 10 |
| GP38-2 | 85 |
| GP38N | 167 |
| GP39-2 | 10 |
| GP39N | 7 |
| GP40-2 | 61 |
| GP40N | 129 |
| GP59ECO | 1 |
| GP60 | 137 |
| GP60E | 33 |
| GP62 | 16 |
| MP15AC | 1 |
| PS4B | 1 |
| PS6B | 67 |
| RP18G | 14 |
| SD40-2 | 2 |
| SD40N | 486 |
| SD59MX | 28 |
| SD60 | 45 |
| SD60E | 1 |
| SD60M | 132 |
| SD62 | 18 |
| SD62E | 13 |
| SD70ACe | 510 |
| SD70AH | 368 |
| SD70M | 1,365 |
| SD9043AC | 23 |
| SNOW PLOW | 1 |
| STEAM | 2 |
Union Pacific continues to use a small number of "heritage" steam locomotives and early streamlined diesel locomotives. This equipment is used on special charters (excursions).[56][57]
| Type | Quantity |
|---|---|
| 4-8-8-4Big Boy | 1 |
| 4-8-4FEF-3 | 1 |
| E9A | 2 |
| E9B | 1 |
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Union Pacific maintains a fleet of low-emissions locomotives. Most are used in Los Angeles basin rail yards, to satisfy an air quality agreement with the local authorities.[58][59]
| Type | Quantity |
|---|---|
| 2GS14B | 1 |
| GP22T4 | 10 |
| MP20B | 13 |
| 3GS21B | 59 |
| PR30C | ≥6 |
| GG20GE | 21 |
| Others | ≤71 |
According to UP's 2007 Annual Report to Investors, at the end of 2007 it had more than 50,000 employees, 8,721 locomotives, and 94,284 freight cars.
Broken down by specific type of car, owned and leased:
In addition, it owns 6,950 different pieces ofmaintenance of way work equipment. At the end of 2007, the average age of UP's locomotive fleet was 14.8 years, the freight car fleet 28 years.
UP was ranked 134th on the 2019Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by revenue and had 41,967 employees.[citation needed] The Chief Executive Officer of Union Pacific since August 14, 2023, isJim Vena, the President is Beth Whited, and the chairman of the board is Mike McCarthy.[60][61][62]
In 2019, Union Pacific has been rated the worst company to work for by 247wallst.com, citing Past CEO Lance Fritz's 12% approval rating and the 22% recommendation rating from Glassdoor.com.[63][64]
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When Union Pacific bought out theChicago & North Western in 1995, it inherited the railroad'sMetra commuter rail services in theChicago metropolitan area: theUnion Pacific North Line toKenosha, Wisconsin,Northwest Line toHarvard, Illinois, andWest Line toElburn, Illinois, all of which operate fromOgilvie Transportation Center (the former North Western Station–a name still used by many Chicago residents). In order to ensure uniformity across the Chicago area commuter rail system, trains are branded as Metra services and use Metra equipment. However, Union Pacific crews continue to operate the trains under a purchase-of-service agreement.[65][66] In 2023, UP announced its intentions to surrender the control and operation of commuter rail services and trains in Chicago toMetra, however the UP would retain ownership and control of the right-of-ways of formerChicago & Northwestern lines radiating from Chicago.
Between 1869 and 1971, Union Pacific operated passenger service throughout its historic "Overland Route". These trains ran between Chicago and Omaha on theChicago & Northwestern trackage starting in 1936. Disputes over trackage rights and passenger revenues with the C&NW prompted the UP to switch to theMilwaukee Road for the handling of its streamliner trains between Chicago and Omaha beginning in late 1955. The last intercity passenger train operated by UP was the westboundCity of Los Angeles, arriving atLos Angeles Union Station on May 2.[67] Since then, Union Pacific has satisfied itscommon carrier requirements by hostingAmtrak trains.[Note 5]
Many Amtrak andcommuter rail routes use Union Pacific rails. This list excludes the commuter services the company directly operates in Chicago (see above).
On June 28, 2004, a UP train collided with an idleBNSF train ina San Antonio suburb. In the course of the derailment, a 90-tontank car carrying liquifiedchlorine was punctured. As the chlorine vaporized, a toxic "yellow cloud" formed, killing three and causing 43 hospitalizations. The costs of cleanup and property damaged during the incident exceeded $7 million.[89]
Investigations of the Macdona incident revealed several serious safety lapses on the part of the Union Pacific and its employees, including employees not following the company's own safety rules.[90] While the immediate cause of the derailment was the UP crew's "fatigue", chlorinetank cars had been improperly placed near the front of the train, a danger in the case of derailment.[91]
The Macdona incident was not the first derailment in theSan Antonio area. Between May and November 1994, Union Pacific trains derailed five times, killing at least 4 people.[92] Between June 2004 and March 2005, 10 trains derailed, killing as many people.[93]
In the aftermath of Macdona, theFederal Railroad Administration signed a compliance agreement with the railroad in which the railroad promised to rectify the "notable deficiencies" that regulators found.[90][93] But the relative impunity UP seemed to exhibit regarding the derailment led to suggestions that the FRA was far "too cozy ... to the railroads."[90] In March 2005, Texas GovernorRick Perry supported a plan to reroute trains around large urban population centers in Texas, including San Antonio, but such a plan was purely voluntary and had no timetable associated.[93]
Trains have continued to derail in the area[94][95][96] including an incident in June 2009 where tank cars containingchlorine andpetroleum naptha xylene derailed, but did not spill.[97][98][needs update]
The City ofSan Jose, California, threatened Union Pacific with a lawsuit in 2019 after years of complaints abouttransient and graffiti blight going unaddressed. For the first time in many years, Union Pacific cleaned out along the tracks starting in November 2019. San Jose Councilman Sergio Jimenez said "The reality is that Union Pacific has not been a good neighbor".[99]
San Jose's mayor Sam Liccardo said
"At any given conference of mayors, you won't hear anyone expressing confidence that Union Pacific will respond nimbly or collaboratively," and "But we are hopeful that the (memorandum of understanding) will turn a page on Union Pacific's behavior in the past to enable a more collaborative relationship going forward."[100]
The Mercury News reports that company has been uncooperative and non responsive to working together, such as failing to come through with graffiti abatement as Union Pacific had promised the city.[99]
In 2022, legislators in Utah brought forth two separate bills specifically aimed at Union Pacific. The first, HB181, was raised after some municipalities encountered resistance from Union Pacific when attempting to upgrade rail crossings. InLogan, Utah, Union Pacific altered a construction agreement to require the city to pay maintenance fees in perpetuity for an upgraded crossing, a mandate which was against state code.[101] The proposed legislation would make it easier for municipalities to get crossing improvements approved, and clarifies which party must pay associated maintenance costs. HB181 was ultimately passed.[102][103]
In Eugene, Oregon, where pollution from a century-oldrail yard has been seeping into groundwater, the UP and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality launched a study of ground contamination in 2008. The pollutants are mostly petroleumhydrocarbons, industrial solvents, and metals.[104]
In 2007, Union Pacific Railroad worked with theUS EPA to develop a way to reduce locomotive exhaust emissions. They discovered that adding an oxidation catalyst filtering canister to the diesel engine's exhaust manifold and usingultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel would reduce particulate emissions by about half, unburned hydrocarbons by 38 percent, and carbon monoxide by 82 percent.[105]
The company's Fuel Master program rewards locomotive engineers who save the mostfuel each month. The program has saved the company millions of dollars, much of which has been returned to the engineers. In 2006, the program's founder, Wayne Kennedy, received the John H. Chafee Environmental Award, and the program was recognized by Transportation SecretaryNorman Mineta.[106]
In January 2018, a former waste water operator at Union Pacific Albina Yard inPortland, Oregon, employed by the railroad's contractorMott MacDonald negligently released thousands of gallons of oil into the environment. The operator was distracted by a cell phone and allowed the tank to overflow for over an hour. An engineering firm hired by Union Pacific estimates 1,800 U.S. gallons (6,800 liters) of it was released into nearbyWillamette River, not including the spill that was captured by the containment booms. Employees ofUnited States Environmental Protection Agency who were working at facilities nearby placed booms to contain the oil spill. Federal prosecutors have charged the operator Robert LaRue Webb II with violation of theClean Water Act for releasing the oil into the environment. Webb pleaded guilty in August 2019,[107] and was sentenced to two years probation and a $2,500 fine.[108][109][110]
In 2016, the Union Pacific Railroad Co. was named as a defendant in a lawsuit seeking cleanup of a contaminated rail yard site that operated inLafayette, Louisiana, from the late 1800s until the 1960s.[111]
In 2020,Houston residents living near a Union Pacific Railroad Company rail yard filed lawsuits against the Union Pacific. These lawsuits followed the finding by the State of Texas of a higher-than-expected incidence of certain cancers in residents living close to the yard.[112] A State of Texas report released in 2021 identified an additionalcancer cluster oflymphoblastic leukemia in children.[113]
In 2022, the state of Utah proposed bill, HB405, which would have required Union Pacific to replace their aging fleet ofTier 0 switching locomotives with hydrogen or electric engines by 2028, due to Utah having very poor air quality in winter months. According to Utah Senator Schultz, Union Pacific was uncooperative on the switching locomotive bill if Utah did not drop the railroad crossings bill. HB405 was dropped after Union Pacific made voluntary commitments to replace several tier 0 switching locomotives with less polluting tier 2 locomotives, as well as to test some all electric ones in the Utah Roper Rail Yard.[102][103]
Wabtec is modernizing 600 older Union Pacific locomotives over a three-year period through 2025. The modernizations will improve fuel efficiency and reliability of these locomotives while also reducing emissions.[114]
Union Pacific andNorfolk Southern are the largest owner-partners ofEquipment Management Pool (EMP), a domestic freight interline intermodal freight transport service that rents and moves more than 35,00053-foot containers and chassis throughout North America. Other partners in the freight company includeCanadian National Railway,I&M Rail Link,Iowa Interstate Railroad, andWisconsin Central Ltd.[115][116][117] In 2022, the Canadian Pacific Railway, one year prior to its merger with theKansas City Southern Railway, was dropped from the pool, leaving CN as the only Canadian member.[118][119]
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The Union Pacific Railroad Museum is a formerCarnegie library inCouncil Bluffs, Iowa, that houses artifacts, photographs, and documents that trace the development of the railroad and theAmerican West.[120] The company pays upkeep on the privately owned building, which houses part of Union Pacific's corporate collection, one of the oldest in the United States. Holdings include weapons from the late 19th and 20th centuries, outlaw paraphernalia, a sampling of the immigrants' possessions, and a photograph collection comprising more than 500,000 images.[121]
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'Hump yards are very complicated and expensive and work when you're bringing things in from lots of directions'...'The more you do preblocking, the more you don't need the complexity-solving machine that is a hump yard.'
New Dress for Spring in 1934. Since that time, all streamliner passenger equipment has been painted the ... Yellow is widely used where high visibility is desired as a safety feature. Union Pacific engineers claim that use of yellow on U.P. trains will further reduce the incidence of grade crossing accidents, especially at night. Nighttime visibility is increased still more by use of red reflection Union
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