Connecting Construction Sites to Rail

Union Pacific Construction Connection

Union Pacific has designed a transportation program to give construction contractors a more affordable way to ship materials to a job site. We have teamed up with our subsidiary, Loup Logistics, to extend your reach through rail — offering Union Pacific Construction Connection. Construction materials are shipped by rail and then transferred seamlessly to truck for final delivery to the project site.

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Construction Products Shipping Expertise

We offer a dedicated team that will manage your project through the entire transportation cycle. Together, Union Pacific and Loup provide:

Metals

  • Extensive network of more than 400 off-loading and storage sites available for distributing metals products
  • One of the largest gondola and bulkhead flatcar fleets in the industry
  • Access to steel service centers and distributors in key destination markets
  • Ability to safely transport steel rebar, structural steel pipe, steel bars and steel beams

Cement

  • Network of more than 120 bulk offloading sites available for handling cement
  • Expertise to safely transport cement and other bulk commodities
  • Direct access to cement plants serving major metropolitan areas in the western U.S.
  • Extensive experience shipping prefabricated concrete structures including over-dimensional moves

Aggregates

  • Direct access to top aggregates producers serving the fastest growing markets in the western U.S.
  • Expertise in transporting crushed stone products used in commercial construction
  • Routes to U.S. population centers
  • Versatile fleet of open top rail equipment

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