Community 04192021
UP Family Turns Tragedy Into Mission to Fight Childhood Cancer
When tragedy strikes, support is critical – from family, friends, co-workers and maybe even those we don’t know. Read Story
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Safety 04122021
Employee Comes to Aid of Co-worker Suffering Heart Attack
For Union Pacific, ensuring the safety of everyone around the railroad is of the utmost importance, but even off the railroad, life can take an unexpected turn.
Insights 04072021
Third Generation Railroader Commits Career to Teamwork and Safety
As a third generation railroader, Brad Brown, welder, Engineering, has been around the tracks for most of his life, and he’s seen a lot of changes over those years — including in his own experience.
Innovation 03312021
Wide Load: Clearance Team's Efforts Result in Safe Shipments
Every day Union Pacific transports high, wide and heavy loads for its customers. But do you know what goes into making those shipments happen?
Community 03292021
UP Partners with Communities to Safeguard Schoolchildren
As America's Mask Challenge calls on companies and organizations to help get 200 million cloth facial coverings to 40 million students, teachers and staff at 56,000 of America’s most under-resourced schools, Union Pacific is stepping up to help.
Insights 03232021
We Must Help Communities Gain Strength from Diversity
We can, we will, and we must help our communities gain strength from their diversity.
Safety 03022021
UP Operating Teams Battle through Polar Vortex
As a polar vortex struck the country in late February, Union Pacific employees braved the elements to do what they always do: Keep America moving.
Community 03012021
Partnership Enhances UP’s Hiring Reach
Union Pacific is partnering with The Manufacturing Institute (MI) -- the National Association of Manufacturers’ workforce development and education partner -- on a $3 million, three-year joint initiative called Careers on Track.
Heritage 02242021
Smith Carried On Family’s Railroad Heritage over Past 50 Years
Most 5-year-olds are lucky to hang out with toy trains. But at that age, Randy Smith was visiting real locomotives on a regular basis.
Heritage 02232021
Generous Spirit Is Hallmark of McMullen’s 50 Years on Railroad
Patrick McMullen’s generous spirit, caring nature and strong faith are traits he carried with him throughout his career in interactions with customers and co-workers.
Insights 02162021
Union Pacific - Our Journey to Growth Transformation
Too many organizations are held back by an antiquated IT mindset that separates the precious Technology teams from the rest of the business. To stay ahead, Union Pacific is embracing enterprise-wide thinking that gets everyone from tech teams to senior leadership on the same page and speaking the outcome language.
Innovation 02122021
New UP-Developed Technology Builds Better, Safer Trains
Precision Train Builder simulates trains and their operations over hundreds of miles of track compressed into minutes, accurately identifying not only where to place rail cars within a train, but how much “power” — i.e., locomotives — to use, and where to place that power within the train for the most efficient and safe operation.
Insights 02102021
Long Game Win Makes UP Big in South Korea
This past summer Union Pacific scored a big win in the international intermodal market when it inked a deal with Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), securing new business and capitalizing on an efficient service product.
Insights 02092021
What’s It Take to Run a Railroad?
Our hard-working railroaders will share their passion for the work they do, the communities we serve, and the tracks we take to continue moving forward.
Safety 02032021
Safety Program Virtually Puts Teens in Driver Seat
The virtual program is designed to educate young drivers on practicing safety behind the wheel and creating smart habits, such as putting down their devices and paying attention to the road, especially around railroad tracks.
Innovation 02022021
Look Out Donner Pass: The Avalauncher Is Here
With a specialized piece of equipment, Engineering crews on Union Pacific’s Roseville Subdivision deploy the avalauncher, which launches two pounds of explosives at the mountain to create a controlled avalanche.
Insights 01062021
Teamwork Pulls Off Epic Union Pacific Englewood Yard Project
While much of the world was winding down for the year, a Union Pacific team in Houston was gearing up to end 2020 with a bang – installing a new master retarder in Englewood Yard on Dec. 29 in close to eight hours.
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