Union Pacific railroad

Union Pacific Railroad

System map (trackage rights in purple)
Reporting mark	UP (road locomotives), UPY (yard locomotives), UPP (passenger railcars)
Locale	United States from Chicago, Illinois, and cities along the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast
Dates of operation	1862–present
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length	32,100 miles (51,660 km)
Headquarters	1400 Douglas Street Omaha, Nebraska
Website	www.up.com

Union Pacific Corporation

Type	Public
Traded as	: UNP DJTA Component S&P 100 Component S&P 500 Component
Industry	Transportation
Founded	Omaha, Nebraska, United States (1862 (1862))
Headquarters	Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Area served	Western and Mid-Western United States
Key people	Lance M. Fritz, Chairman, President and CEO
Revenue	US$ 21.963 billion (2013) US$ 20.926 billion (2012)
Operating income	US$ 7.446 billion (2013) US$ 6.745 billion (2012)
Net income	US$ 4.388 billion (2013) US$ 3.943 billion (2012)
Total assets	US$ 49.731 billion (2013) US$ 47.153 billion (2012)
Total equity	US$ 21.225 billion (2013) US$ 19.877 billion (2012)
Number of employees	42,884 (2010)
Subsidiaries	Southern Pacific Rail Corporation Union Pacific Railroad Company Alton & Southern Railway Insight Network Logistics (INL) PS Technology (PST) Ship Cars Now Streamline Transentric Union Pacific Distribution Services (UPDS)
Website	www.up.com
Footnotes / references

The Union Pacific Railroad (reporting mark UP) is a freight hauling railroad that operates 8,500 locomotives over 32,100 route-miles in 23 states west of Chicago, Illinois and New Orleans, Louisiana. The Union Pacific Railroad network is the largest in the United States and employs 42,600 people. It is also one of the world's largest transportation companies.

Union Pacific Railroad is the principal operating company of Union Pacific Corporation (: UNP); both are headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Over the years Union Pacific Corporation has grown by acquiring other railroads, notably the Missouri Pacific, Chicago & North Western, Western Pacific, Missouri-Kansas-Texas, and the Southern Pacific (including the Denver & Rio Grande Western).

Union Pacific Corporation's main competitor is the BNSF Railway, the nation's second largest freight railroad, which also primarily services the Continental U.S. west of the Mississippi River. Together, the two railroads have a duopoly on all transcontinental freight rail lines in the U.S.

The original company was incorporated on July 1, 1862, under an act of Congress entitled Pacific Railroad Act of 1862. The act was approved by President Abraham Lincoln, and it provided for the construction of railroads from the Missouri River to the Pacific as a war measure for the preservation of the Union. It was constructed westward from Council Bluffs, Iowa to meet the Central Pacific Railroad line, which was constructed eastward from San Francisco Bay.