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Union Pacific Corporation is a publicly traded railroad holding company. ... Employees 2000 [33] 10,765 842 30,917 7.56 50,500 2001 [34] 10,830 966 31,552 9.80
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.
President, CEO and chairman of Union Pacific Railroad James Ruesch Young (October 24, 1952 — February 15, 2014) was an American railroad executive who was the president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board for Union Pacific Railroad from 2006 to his death in February 2014.
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 financial problems caused the Southern Pacific Transportation Company to be taken over by the Union Pacific Corporation; the parent Southern Pacific Rail Corporation (formerly Rio Grande Industries), the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway and the SPCSL Corporation [b] were also taken over by the Union ...
The Union Pacific heritage fleet includes commemorative and historic equipment owned by the Union Pacific Railroad.The fleet currently consists of two historic steam locomotives, three historic diesel locomotives, seventeen modern diesel locomotives in historic or commemorative paint schemes and nearly four dozen passenger cars used on office car specials and excursion trains.
While all Union Pacific employees receive some form of paid leave, the proposed agreement will provide the union members an additional five paid sick days annually, prorated for 20.
Union Pacific [8] 1926 A Norfolk and Western [8] B Duluth, Missabe and Northern [8] C Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City [8] 1927 A Union Pacific B Ann Arbor Railway [13] 1928 A Southern Pacific [14] 1929 A Union Pacific (OSL) 1930 A Pennsylvania Railroad [15] Union Pacific B Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad [16] C New Orleans Great Northern ...