Diversified Business Products
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.
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.