Union Pacific Corp.'s Insight Profile - Sustainable Performance Leaders

The Union Pacific Railroad (NYSE: UNP), headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. UP's route map covers most of the central and western United States west of Chicago and New Orleans.

Union Pacific is engaged in the transportation business. The Company’s principal operating company, Union Pacific Railroad Company, links 23 states in the western two-thirds of the United States of America. Union Pacific Railroad Company serves many United States population centers and provides them with mode of freight transportation. Union Pacific Railroad Company’s business mix includes Agricultural Products, Automotive, Chemicals, Energy, Industrial Products and Intermodal. The Company's railways link the Pacific Coast and Gulf Coast ports with the Midwest and the eastern United States gateways and providing several corridors to key Mexican gateways. It serves the western two-thirds of the United States and maintains coordinated schedules with other rail carriers to move freight to and from the Atlantic Coast, the Pacific Coast, the Southeast, the Southwest, Canada and Mexico.

As of December 31, 2008 UP operates on 32,012 miles (51,518 km) of track, of which it owns outright 26,171 miles (42,118 km).Both numbers represent the highest amount of any railroad currently operating in the United States. It has achieved this size as a result of purchasing a large number of other railroads, notably the Missouri Pacific, Chicago and North Western, Western Pacific, Missouri-Kansas-Texas, and the Southern Pacific (including the Rio Grande).

Currently, Union Pacific owns 26% of Ferromex while Grupo Mexico owns the remaining 74%.

UP's chief railroad competitor is the BNSF Railway, which covers much of the same territory.

The Company has produced two Sustainability and Citizenship reports, the first in 2009, and the latest in 2010.

Company Website: www.up.com
Corporate Responsibility Website: Sustainability and Citizenship

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