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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.
ISO 6346 is an international standard covering the coding, identification and marking of intermodal (shipping) containers used within containerized intermodal freight transport by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). [1]
If known, the number of tracks are shown in brackets, with two numbers e.g. (xx + xx) for yards with 'up' and 'down' lines. Yards marked with a star (asterisk) may no longer be in use. The nearest city or town is given first: if the yard has a well known name that differs.
In the late 1960s, railroads in North America began searching for a system that would allow them to automatically identify rail cars and other rolling stock. Through the efforts of the Association of American Railroads (AAR), a number of companies developed automatic car identification (ACI) systems. The AAR selected four systems for extensive ...
In 2003, Union Pacific completed a corporate spin-off and initial public offering of Overnite. In 2005, the company was acquired by United Parcel Service for $1.3 billion. [15] Union Pacific completed the corporate spin-off of Union Pacific Resources, its hydrocarbon exploration subsidiary, in 1996.
CMLU - Containers Marine Lines (Division of American Export Lines) CMLX - Craggy Mountain Line, Inc. CMLZ - Containers Marine Lines Isbrandtsen; CMMU - Medcontainers; CMO - Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway; Chicago and North Western Railway; Union Pacific Railroad; CMPA - Madison Railroad Division of City of Madison Port Authority
NCEX - National Car Systems, Inc. NCFX - GE Capital Rail Services; NCGU - Genstar Corporation; NCGU - TIP Intermodal Services; NCHU - TIP Intermodal Services; NCHX - GE Capital Rail Services; NCIR - New Castle Industrial Railroad; NCIU - North American Container System; NCIX - Nova Chemicals, Inc. NCJU - North American Container System; NCLU ...
This system used roller containers that were moved by rail, truck and ship, in various configurations up to a capacity of 5,500 kg (12,100 lb), and up to 3.1 by 2.3 by 2 metres (10 ft 2 in × 7 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 6 ft 6 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) size.