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The Union Pacific Railroad (reporting marks UP, UPP, UPY) is a Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over 32,200 miles (51,800 km) routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans.
The original company, Union Pacific Rail Road (UPRR), was created and funded by the federal government by Pacific Railroad Acts of 1862 and 1864. The laws were passed as war measures to forge closer ties with California and Oregon, which otherwise took six months to reach.
Under Klitenic's proposal, almost all of the Rock Island, including the Chicago-Omaha main line, would go to the Union Pacific. The Kansas City-Tucumcari Golden State route would be sold to the Southern Pacific. The Memphis-Amarillo Choctaw route would be sold to the Santa Fe. The Rio Grande would have an option to purchase the Denver-Kansas ...
Union Pacific is still locked in negotiations between rail workers and freight railroads over a new labor contract, the CEO said."I wish we could have gotten an agreement earlier in the process ...
Today, let's look at Union Pacific and three of its peers. The cash king margin Looking at a company's cash flow statement can help you determine whether its free cash flow actually backs up its ...
Union Pacific posted a net income of $1.76 billion, or $2.91 per share, in the fourth quarter, compared with $1.65 billion, or $2.71 per share, a year earlier.
Until 1936 the Los Angeles Limited was the top train of the Union Pacific as a rival to other Chicago to Los Angeles trains such as Santa Fe's California Limited, De Luxe, Chief, and the Southern Pacific's Rock Island Golden State Limited. In 1930 the train started carrying coaches for the first time because of the Great Depression. After the ...
A 520-foot section of wooden railroad crossing in the middle of Fourth Street will be replaced with concrete at a $500,000 cost to the city of Salina.