About Union Pacific
Financial Performance
Union Pacific reported record 2011 net income of $3.3 billion or $6.72 per diluted share. This compares to $2.8 billion or $5.53 per diluted share in 2010, 18 and 22 percent increases, respectively. The company’s operating revenue totaled a record $19.6 billion versus $17 billion in 2010. Operating income increased 15 percent to $5.7 billion, up from $5 billion in 2010.
The original Union Pacific was created when Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act of July 1, 1862.
Today, Union Pacific Railroad is one of America’s most iconic and admired companies. It is the principal operating company of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP), which reported operating revenue totaling $19.6 billion in 2011.
Union Pacific is headquartered in Omaha, Neb., and employs more than 45,000 people across our system. We provide safe, fuel-efficient, environmentally responsible freight transportation for a diversified group of business products. Our rails link 23 states and deliver door-to-door freight solutions and logistics expertise. We operate competitive routes from all major West Coast and Gulf Coast ports, connect with Canada’s rail systems and are the only railroad to serve all six major gateways to Mexico.
Union Pacific is a member of several industry, business and environmental organizations:
- American Wind Energy Association
- Association of American Railroads (AAR)
- Business Roundtable
- Global Environmental Management Initiative
- National Association of Manufacturers
- National Minority Supplier Development Council
- United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Union Pacific has remained committed to customer service, investment and innovation for a century and a half. As evidenced in this report, we are proud to continue our legacy by providing quality jobs, minimizing our environmental impact and contributing to the communities where we live and work.
| Union Pacific by the Numbers | |
| Route Miles | 32,000 |
| Employees | 45,000 |
| Annual Payroll | $4 billion |
| Capital Spending | $3.2 billion |
| Locomotives | 8,200 |
| Freight Cars | 74,500 |
| Customers | 25,000 |
| Community Giving | $14 million |
| All data as of 12/31/11 | |
Diversified Business Products
Union Pacific moves the goods American families and businesses use every day. Just about everything in homes, offices, manufacturing facilities, construction sites and stores moves on a train at some point.
- Agricultural Products - We haul the food that feeds the nation and many parts of the world, delivering fresh and frozen goods safely and efficiently. We also ship essential agricultural products such as whole grains, feed grains and ethanol.
- Automotive - Union Pacific operates vehicle distribution centers for major automotive manufacturers and provides expedited parts shipping. We are the largest auto railroad carrier in North America.
- Chemicals - Union Pacific carries the chemicals used to clean drinking water and produce plastics, as well as fertilizer to grow our food supply. We transport crude oil extracted from U.S. shale locations, petrochemicals and soda ash.
- Energy - Coal generates nearly half of the U.S. electricity supply, and we deliver more than 20 percent of the coal American businesses and consumers demand.
- Industrial Products - Union Pacific ships a variety of raw materials and finished goods, including steel, pipe, frac sand, military equipment, wind turbine components and lumber.
- Intermodal - One Union Pacific intermodal train can take as many as 300 trucks off America’s congested highways. We deliver a wide range of multimodal solutions for domestic and international freight.
- Mexico Markets - Union Pacific is the leading transportation services provider to and from the United States/Mexico border, moving roughly two-thirds of the rail freight. We are the only railroad to serve all six major U.S./Mexico gateways.
