# Union Pacific Railroad

> Union Pacific Railroad carries bulk commodities, industrial goods, vehicles and intermodal containers across the western United States. Its rail network links businesses to ports, border gateways and connecting carriers; parent Union Pacific Corporation trades on the NYSE as UNP.

- **Founded:** 1862
- **Headquarters:** Omaha, United States
- **Founders:** Abraham Lincoln (Signed the 1862 Pacific Railway Act creating Union Pacific), United States Congress (Chartered Union Pacific through the Pacific Railway Act of 1862)
- **Products:** Carload freight, Intermodal, Loup Logistics transloading, Mexico freight services, Machinery and oversized freight
- **Notable:** Joined Central Pacific at Promontory Summit in 1869 to complete the first transcontinental railroad., Restored Big Boy No. 4014 to operation in 2019., Completed modernization of Positive Train Control, computer-aided dispatch and transportation management platforms in 2024.

## Products & services

- **Carload freight** — Railcar transportation for bulk and industrial commodities, including grain, chemicals, minerals, forest products and vehicles.
- **Intermodal** — Domestic, international and Mexico container services connecting rail with trucks and ships; includes EMP and UMAX equipment options.
- **Loup Logistics transloading** — Subsidiary services connecting truck and rail for customers without direct rail access.
- **Mexico freight services** — Northbound and southbound shipping with access to all six major U.S.-Mexico rail gateways.
- **Machinery and oversized freight** — Transportation options for dimensional loads, machinery and military freight.
- **Shipment data tools** — Customer portal, APIs, electronic data interchange and cloud data delivery for planning, tracking and payment workflows.

## Achievements

- Joined Central Pacific at Promontory Summit in 1869 to complete the first transcontinental railroad.
- Restored Big Boy No. 4014 to operation in 2019.
- Completed modernization of Positive Train Control, computer-aided dispatch and transportation management platforms in 2024.
- Reported 2025 freight-car velocity of 225 daily miles per car and terminal dwell of 20.9 hours.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — October 16: CFO Jennifer Hamann announced plans to retire in early 2027; succession plans would be announced later.
- **2026-10** — Third-quarter financial results scheduled for October 22 at 7:45 a.m. ET; no unreleased results are assumed here.
- **2026-09** — September 23: first two Wabtec FLXdrive battery-electric locomotives arrived in Southern California for testing.
- **2026-09** — September 22: companies reported denial of motions to dismiss the revised merger application and a SMART-MD jobs-for-life agreement; approval remained pending.
- **2026-08** — August 18: STB removed the merger proceeding from abeyance and adopted a procedural schedule, without ruling on its merits.

## Links

- Website: https://up.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unionpacific/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnionPacific
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/UnionPacificRailroad
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uprr/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unionpacific

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Last updated: 2026-10-22