Union Pacific

Commitment to Communities

Many of the more than 7,000 communities throughout our system can trace their origins directly to a Union Pacific depot. We grew up together. We’re committed to helping those communities continue to grow and thrive through company programs and the Union Pacific Foundation. We seek to enhance and expand these relationships for the good of the communities themselves, and the good of our employees and customers.

Economic Development

Unlike trucks, barges and airlines, freight railroads own, build and maintain the infrastructure on which we and others operate. From 2000 to 2011, Union Pacific invested more than $31 billion in tracks, bridges, tunnels, signals, terminals and safety equipment. We spent $3.2 billion in 2011 and plan to spend a record $3.6 billion in 2012. Railroad infrastructure is supported largely through private investments, not taxpayer dollars. In the most recent study published by the AAR, Union Pacific’s spending surpasses highway spending by state agencies in 46 states, with the exceptions of Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania and California. According to the AAR, every railroad job supports an additional 4.5 U.S. jobs. Railroad business activities – and buying power – support an additional 1.2 million jobs across the broader economy.

State	Employees	Payrolls*	Route Miles	Capital Spending*	In-state Purchases*
Arizona	1,269	101.6	642.0	113.3	34.3
Arkansas	2,688	202.6	1,327.0	109.0	34.3
California	4,741	399.7	3,228.0	241.2	207.0
Colorado	1,329	112.0	1,535.0	67.2	230.0
Idaho	945	77.6	849.0	58.4	34.2
Illinois	4,035	327.3	2,201.0	136.7	1,754.0
Iowa	1,796	138.8	1,399.0	92.8	90.2
Kansas	1,518	142.3	2,205.0	103.9	205.7
Louisiana	1,117	100.4	1,138.0	56.3	23.8
Minnesota	468	37.8	646.0	25.7	95.6
Missouri	2,713	191.2	1,483.0	78.2	383.4
Montana	14	1.2	125.0	**	3.5
Nebraska	7,954	987.7	1,068.0	224.2	196.2
Nevada	559	40.2	1,193.0	68.5	52.0
New Mexico	321	23.6	618.0	42.9	1.8
Oklahoma	383	35.4	1,173.0	51.1	130.5
Oregon	1,592	126.6	1,073.0	132.1	159.1
Tennessee	57	3.4	14.0	**	100.5
Texas	7,768	633.6	6,319.0	529.7	2,482.0
Utah	1,400	121.8	1,250.0	62.2	201.0
Washington	309	24.0	532.0	22.1	110.6
Wisconsin	364	33.1	928.0	10.7	75.5
Wyoming	1,330	100.7	879.0	106.8	91.9
2011 data *in millions **Nominal capital spent due to low route miles in state

Reducing Congestion in Southern California

In November 2011, Union Pacific broke ground on a new “flyover” grade crossing in Colton, Calif. The Colton Crossing project will help alleviate congestion at the current crossing, which accommodates more than 100 trains daily, one of the busiest at-grade rail-to-rail crossings in the nation. When complete, east-west Union Pacific lines will pass over the north-south BNSF railroad tracks. This will be a major enhancement to Colton’s current “diamond” crossing, which requires east-west trains to stop while north-south trains pass and vice versa.

This will result in more reliable service for our customers, reduced delays for trains and automobiles in the region, improved air quality for Southern California and reduced ambient noise levels. The $202 million project was funded by Union Pacific and BNSF, along with federal grants and taxpayer-approved state funding.

Awarding Chemical Transportation Safety

Union Pacific named 74 companies as recipients of its 2011 Pinnacle Award for chemical transportation safety. The annual award recognizes Union Pacific customers that implemented successful prevention and corrective action plans and achieved a rate of zero non-accident releases for shipments of regulated hazardous materials. We work closely with our customers to help prevent a release during transit of chemical shipments and jointly demonstrate a commitment to the safe transportation of hazardous materials. Non-accident releases of hazardous material, such as leaks and splashes from improperly secured or defective valves, declined more than 10 percent on Union Pacific’s network from 2003 to 2011. This was due in part to increased inspections by the railroad’s hazardous materials safety field personnel and customers adhering to the Pinnacle Award criteria.

Community Giving

Union Pacific Foundation

The Union Pacific Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Union Pacific Corporation and Union Pacific Railroad. We believe that quality of life in the communities where our employees and customers live and work is an integral part of our own success. Since 1959, we have distributed funds to qualified organizations in communities served by Union Pacific. The Foundation is not endowed, but is funded each year from the operating profits of Union Pacific Corporation.

The Union Pacific Foundation donated $14 million in community giving and supported more than 670 nonprofit organizations. Combining those efforts with corporate support and employee matching gifts, Union Pacific helped more than 2,500 nonprofit organizations. We award grants through an annual online application process available to nonprofits located in Union Pacific communities.

GivePLUS

Union Pacific is committed to improving quality of life in the communities we serve. Our employees demonstrate this commitment when they give their own money or volunteer their personal time. We designed the GivePLUS program to encourage and support employee involvement. It has two main components:

• MoneyPLUS. Supports and extends financial contributions to qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.
• TimePLUS. Provides a $250 gift from Union Pacific to organizations where employees volunteer.