Union Pacific Railroad is North America's largest Class I and the principal operating company of Union Pacific Corp. The railroad operates 32,000 route miles in 23 states serving all major U.S. West Coast and Gulf Coast ports, and connecting with Canada's rail systems via an Eastport gateway in Idaho, and exchange points in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Union Pacific Railroad is the only railroad to serve all six major gateways to Mexico.
Principal officers are Jim Vena, chief executive officer; Beth Whited, president; Mike McCarthy, chairman; Eric Gehringer, executive vice president of operations; Jennifer Hamann, executive vice president and chief financial officer; Michael Miller, vice president and treasurer; Craig Richardson, EVP, chief legal officer and corporate secretary; Kenny Rocker, EVP of marketing and sales; Rahul Jalali, executive vice president and chief information officer; Scott Moore, senior vice president of corporate relations and chief administrative officer; and Clark Ponthier, senior vice president of supply chain and continuous improvement.
Union Pacific Railroad employs more than 45,000 people, serves 25,000 customers and generates annual operating revenue of about $20 billion. Rolling stock includes 8,200 locomotives and more than 74,000 rail cars.
Major classification yards are located in Chicago; Houston and Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Mo.; Livonia, La.; North Little Rock and Pine Bluff, Ark.; North Platte, Neb.; and Roseville and West Colton, Calif. Major intermodal terminals are located in the greater Chicago area; greater Los Angeles area; Dallas and Mesquite, Texas; Santa Teresa, N.M.; and Memphis, Tenn.
Union Pacific Railroad's Business Portfolio
The railroad's current traffic mix includes: agricultural products, such as whole and feed grains, fresh and frozen goods, and ethanol; automobiles and auto parts; chemicals, such as fertilizers, soda ash and crude oil; energy cargo, including coal; industrial products, such as steel, pipe, frac sand, military equipment, wind turbine components and lumber; and intermodal freight. Union Pacific Railroad is considered North America's largest auto carrier, the nation's largest hauler of chemicals and one of the largest intermodal carriers.
Union Pacific Railroad's primary mission: to help link production and consumption points in the United States and across the world with a network that can deliver the energy, food, raw materials, and durable and consumer goods to support the nations' growth.
On July 1, 2012, the railroad marked its 150th anniversary. On July 1, 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act, which created the original Union Pacific.
In 2012, former Union Pacific Chairman and leader Jim Young received Progressive Railroading's Railroad Innovator Award. Young died in 2014.
Other Union Pacific Corp. subsidiaries include Insight Network Logistics, PS Technology Inc., Streamline, ShipCarsNow, Transentric and Union Pacific Distribution Services.
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