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  • Feds file a lawsuit over 2002 wildfire

    The federal government filed a lawsuit Friday seeking financial compensation for damage caused by a 2002 fire in Price Canyon that affected about 3,200 acres. The suit filed in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City names the Union Pacific Railroad and MotivePower, both Delaware-based companies, and...

    Articles 2008-11-22

  • Union Pacific Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend of 27 Cents a Share

    OMAHA, Neb. -- The Board of Directors of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) has declared a quarterly dividend of 27 cents per share on its common stock, payable January 2, 2009 to stockholders of record December 1, 2008. Union Pacific has paid dividends on its common stock for...

    Articles 2008-11-20

  • Hoku Secures Key Materials for Polysilicon Production

    Hoku Materials, Inc., a wholly ownedsubsidiary of Hoku Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOKU), established tomanufacture and sell polysilicon for the solar market, today announced thesigning of an HCl supply agreement with BHS Acquisitions, LLC, a whollyowned subsidiary of BHS Marketing, Inc., and a leading chemical supplierwith bulk liquid transloading facilities in...

    Articles 2008-11-19

  • Jackson County jury returns defense verdict in suit against Union

    Union Pacific Railroad will not have to pay damages to a former employee who was shot on the job. A Jackson County jury on Monday returned a defense verdict for the railroad company, which was sued by a man accidentally shot by a co-worker's gun. ...

    Articles 2008-11-11

  • Jackson County jury: Union Pacific Railroad will not have to pay

    Union Pacific Railroad will not have to pay damages to a former employee who was shot on the job. A Jackson County jury on Monday returned a defense verdict for the railroad company, which was sued by a man accidentally shot by a co-worker's gun. ...

    Articles 2008-11-11

  • Restaurant at Gateway closing after just 9 months in business

    Baxter's American Restaurant at The Gateway will close its doors tonight after only nine months in business. Jim McNeil, David Cumming and other investor partners own Baxter's and the Depot, a private club. Baxter's and the Depot are both in the historic Union Pacific Railroad station at...

    Articles 2008-11-08

  • RTD, Union Pacific Approve Preliminary Agreement on Property Purchase for RTD's FasTracks Program

    DENVER -- The Regional Transportation District RTD and Union Pacific Railroad UP today announced that the FasTracks Committee of the RTD Board of Directors has approved a preliminary agreement on a package of property acquisitions and relocations from UP for the FasTracks program totaling approximately $185 million in cash and...

    Articles 2008-11-07

  • Ex-railroad bridge in Salem to serve cyclists, pedestrians

    A former railroad bridge in Salem is set to get a new life as a bridge for cyclists and pedestrians, the Stateman Journal reports. The 95-year-old Union Street Bridge was purchased by the city of Salem in 2004 for $1 from Union Pacific Railroad, which donated the...

    Articles 2008-11-04

  • MATECH Corp. Completes Inspection for Union Pacific Railroad

    LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MATECH Corp. (BULLETIN BOARD: MTCH) announced today that it has completed an inspection on one Union Pacific Railroad UP Bridge in Nebraska using its Electrochemical Fatigue Sensor EFS System. The EFS technology provides information about growing cracks in structural members in...

    Articles 2008-10-27

  • Draper light-rail plans gain steam

    DRAPER -- The plans for a light-rail line running through Draper's agricultural east side are picking up steam. The Wasatch Front Regional Council announced its preference for the controversial route just in time for a community meeting about the project on Wednesday. The council,...

    Articles 2008-10-16

  • Marina Boulevard and other major thoroughfares to be repaved

    SAN LEANDRO -- Beginning later this month, watch out for detour signs on Marina Boulevard and two other major thoroughfares. The city is planning a $1.9 million reconstruction project this fall, during which the three roadways will be repaved. Business operators and residents on...

    Articles 2008-10-06

  • Union Pacific Corporation Invites You to Join Its Third Quarter Earnings Release Broadcast

    OMAHA, Neb. -- In conjunction with Union Pacific Corporation's (NYSE: UNP) Third Quarter 2008 Earnings Release, you are invited to listen to its presentation that will be broadcast live over the Internet or via teleconference on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 8:45 a.m. Eastern Time. [TABLE OMITTED] If...

    Articles 2008-09-25

  • Byron slated for mosquito fogging

    BYRON -- Mosquito fogging will take place in Byron on Thursday morning because of a high number of nuisance mosquitoes in the area, the Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District said in a news release. The district will fog between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. in...

    Articles 2008-09-24

  • PolyOne Declares Force Majeure on Shipments From SunBelt Chlor Alkali Partnership

    CLEVELAND, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PolyOne Corporation , a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, along with Olin Corporation, declared a force majeure for caustic soda shipments from the SunBelt Chlor Alkali Partnership ("SunBelt") plant located in McIntosh, Alabama until further notice. The force...

    Articles 2008-09-18

  • Union Pacific and Progress Rail Services Sign Agreement to Initiate First Testing of Green Technology in Intermediate-Haul Locomotives

    OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Railroad has signed an agreement with Progress Rail Services, a Caterpillar company, to test five SD40-2 locomotives originally built in the 1970's that have been remanufactured with 3,005-horsepower low-emission diesel engines. These locomotives will meet Tier 2 emissions standards, incorporate new emission control technologies, and...

    Articles 2008-09-12

  • Memorandum is another step toward tailings move

    EnergySolutions and Union Pacific Railroad struck an agreement Monday for rail services and upgrades to an existing line that will support moving about 16 million tons of uranium-mill tailings over the next 20 years away from their current location near the Colorado River and Moab. The Department...

    Articles 2008-09-10

  • Rail memo signed for Moab tailings

    EnergySolutions and Union Pacific Railroad struck an agreement Monday for rail services and upgrades to an existing line that will support moving about 16 million tons of uranium-mill tailings over the next 20 years away from their current location near the Colorado River and Moab. The Department...

    Articles 2008-09-10

  • Layton road work to stop vehicles from queuing on rail tracks

    LAYTON -- Residents living west of the Union Pacific-Utah Transit Authority rail corridor in southwestern Layton have temporarily lost access to I-15 and state Route 126, which also serves as the city's Main Street. This closure is the result of a decision recently made jointly by Layton,...

    Articles 2008-09-02

  • Layton road work to stop vehicles from queuing on rail tracks

    LAYTON -- Residents living west of the Union Pacific-Utah Transit Authority rail corridor in southwestern Layton have temporarily lost access to I-15 and state Route 126, which also serves as the city's Main Street. This closure is the result of a decision recently made jointly by Layton,...

    Articles 2008-09-01

  • Federal court in Muskogee awards $4.4 million to Union Pacific

    A federal court in Muskogee has awarded Union Pacific Railroad Co. a $4.4 million judgment against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for damages the railway company suffered following a May 2003 derailment about a mile south of Eufaula. According to the court's opinion, Lake Eufaula is...

    Articles 2008-08-28

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  • CEO: Mr. James R. Young
  • Employees: 50,379
Union Pacific Railroad is a transportation company. As of Dec 31 2006, Co. had 32,339 route miles, linking Pacific Coast and Gulf Coast ports with the Midwest and eastern U.S. gateways and providing several corridors to certain Mexican gateways. Co.'s freight traffic consists of: bulk traffic, which is primarily coal, grain, rock, or soda ash in unit trains ? trains transporting a single commodity from one source to one destination; manifest traffic, which is individual carload or less than train-load business, including commodities such as lumber, steel, paper, and food; as well as premium business, which is the transportation of finished vehicles and intermodal containers.

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Union Pacific Railroad Co. Company Info

Board of Directors

Mr. James R. Young

Chairman

Mr. Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leo

Mr. Philip F. Anschutz

Mr. Erroll B. Davis Jr.

Mr. Thomas J. Donohue

Mr. Archie W. Dunham

Mr. Spencer F. Eccles

Ms. Judith Richards Hope

Mr. Michael W. McConnell

Mr. Steven R. Rogel

Contact Information

1400 Douglas Street

Omaha, NE

http://www.up.com

402 544-5000

NAICS Code

Line-Haul Railroads: 482111
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