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Union Pacific Corp.

(UNP) is in the Transportation Industry

Market Cap:$32.5B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$17.9B
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Omaha, Neb., April 17, 2006 Building on its reputation as having the most environmentally friendly locomotive fleet in the United States, Union Pacific today announced it is testing technologies to reduce diesel engine emissions in older railroad locomotives. Through collaboration with staff at the National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from Ann Arbor, Mich., Union Pacific is providing a 3,800-horsepower SD60M locomotive built in January 1992, to serve as the first freight locomotive in North America to be equipped with a set of oxidation catalyst or "oxicat" devices manufactured by the MIRATECH Corporation of Tulsa, Okla. These devices serve as flow-through catalytic converters. As the diesel engine's exhaust flows through these converters, microscopic particles known as "particulate matter" generated by the diesel combustion process will be converted into water and carbon dioxide. In a similar experiment, a 1,500-horsepower yard switching locomotive built in November 1982, also provided by Union Pacific, will be retrofitted with a diesel particulate filter or "DPF." The DPF initiative is the result of a four-year program, funded in part by Union Pacific, to assess clean-engine technologies for locomotive applications. The DPF acts as a filter that uses high-temperature silicon carbide blocks to trap particulate matter in the exhaust. ...

Number of Employees 48,242
Contact Information

1400 Douglas St

Omaha, Nebraska 68179

up.com

(402) 544-5000

NAICS Code Line-Haul Railroads: 482111

Recent Events

  • Nebraska court: Worker can seek benefits for parking-lot injury

    12/15/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story

  • Union Pacific Names Dennis Duffy Vice Chairman, Operations Of Union Pacific Railroad - Quick Facts

    12/09/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - President - View Story

  • Union Pacific Names Several to New Assignments

    12/09/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - President - View Story

  • UP reassigns four executives

    12/10/09 - Board Member - Entering - View Story

  • Analyst Downgrades for November 24th

    11/24/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Union Pacific UNP Declares $0.27 Quarterly Dividend; 1.6% Yield

    11/19/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story

  • Neb. Court Says Ex-worker Can Sue Union Pacific

    11/17/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story

  • Buffett to Sell UNP, Norfolk Stakes

    11/10/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Bulls Jump All Aboard Union Pacific

    11/03/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Pacer in deal with Union Pacific

    11/11/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Pacer Int'l shares jump on Union Pacific deal

    11/04/09 - Legal Settlement - View Story

  • EDITORIAL: Entities should sit down together

    10/31/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Union Pacific selects Teradata to expand active enterprise data warehouse

    10/21/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Avondale Partners Upgrades Union Pacific UNP to Market Outperform

    10/19/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

News & Analysis

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     UNP $64.48 -0.43 (-0.66% )
Intraday | 3 Month | 6 Month | 1 Year
Average Volume 4,848,190
Shares Outstanding 504.55M
Market Cap 32.5B
Year High 66.73
Year Low 33.28
Earnings Per Share 3.96
P/E Ratio 16.28
Dividend 1.08
Yield 1.67
IndustryTop Rated
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