BNET Industries

Union Pacific Corp.

(UNP) is in the Transportation Industry

Market Cap:$31.8B

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

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Line-Haul Railroads: 482111

Company News

Recent Events

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
UP revenues down for all commodities

10/29/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
BRIEF-RESEARCH ALERT-Citigroup upgrades Burlington Northern to hold

9/23/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
B.H.I.T., Inc. Acquires Railroad Tie Reclamation/Energy

9/09/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Notable Analyst Rating Changes 8/26: STJ, GMR, KMT, CP Upgraded; BKC, AMED, MDAS Downgraded

8/26/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
UP reports 12% profit dip

7/31/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Analysts' Upgrades, Downgrades: KB Home

6/15/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story