Advantages of Shipping with Union Pacific
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
- Reliable service product that will support your demand needs
- Shipment Management tools to provide one-stop shop for forecasting, tracking, tracing, and billing for both unit train and manifest shipments
Cement, Slag, Fly Ash and Gypsum (Cementitious Material)
- Network of more than 120 bulk offloading sites available for handling cement
- Expertise to safely transport cementitious and other bulk commodities
- Direct access to cement, lime and gypsum plants serving major metropolitan areas in the western U.S.
- Shipment Management tools to provide one-stop shop for forecasting, tracking, tracing, and billing shipments
Extend Your Reach
We have teamed up with our subsidiary, Loup Logistics, to extend your reach through rail — shipping materials by rail and then transferring seamlessly to truck for final delivery to a site. Never shipped by rail? Don’t have direct rail access? We have solutions. Let us customize a full-visibility shipping package to meet the demands of your growing business.
Network Benefits
- Network franchise - Access to Mexico, Canada and Eastern points
- Extending your reach – transload network, short line partners
- Focuses on continually improving service through people, processes, technology and infrastructure investments
- Direct access to ports
Equipment and Service Benefits
- Unit train and manifest capabilities
- Versatile fleet of open top rail equipment
Key Resources
- Cement Plants and Distribution Terminals on the Union Pacific Network
- Rock Short Train Request Form
Email completed form to constructionteam@up.com - Securing Your Shipments
- Fuel Surcharge Program
- AccessUP – Get Started with Rail
- Allowable Gross Weight Map
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