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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.
On January 24, 1880, Union Pacific Railroad was consolidated with Kansas Pacific Railway and Denver Pacific Railway under a new holding company called Union Pacific Railway. Jay Gould controlled all three railroads but, after leveraging the company and paying large dividends, Gould sold a large stake that year. [3]
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.
The Overland Limited leaving 16th Street station (Oakland), in 1906. The Overland Route was a train route operated jointly by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad/Southern Pacific Railroad, between the eastern termini of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska, [1] and the San Francisco Bay Area, over the grade of the first transcontinental railroad (aka the "Pacific ...
The headquarters for Union Pacific, called the Union Pacific Center, is located nearby in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. [4] In 1997 the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) became concerned with the safety of the Union Pacific Railroad. A report found that at the HDC some supervisors were unfamiliar with the areas they were responsible for due to ...
The railroad as it crosses the freeway in the Altamont Pass. The Oakland Subdivision is a Union Pacific Railroad line in the U.S. state of California.It extends from Stockton in the east to Oakland, [1] crossing the Diablo Range at Altamont Pass and traversing Niles Canyon.
The Roseville Subdivision is a railway line in California and Nevada owned by the Union Pacific Railroad, as part of the Overland Route.It runs from Roseville, California over the Sierra Nevada to Reno, Nevada. [1]
The Mankato Subdivision or Mankato Sub is a railway line operated by the Union Pacific Railroad.It runs generally southwest, starting at Chestnut Street in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where it crosses the Mississippi River, then runs south along the Mississippi and then the Minnesota River to Mankato, where it turns away from the river and continues west to St. James.