Union Pacific Railroad (or UP ) (or Union Pacific Railroad Company and only Union Pacific ) is the carriage of goods which operates 8,500 locomotives over 32,100 mile-miles in 23 western states of Chicago and New Orleans. Pacific Railway System Union is the second largest in the United States after BNSF Railway and it is one of the largest transportation companies in the world. Union Pacific Railroad is the premier operating company of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: Ã, UNP); both based in Omaha, Nebraska.
The legacy of Union Pacific began in 1862 with an original company, called Union Pacific Rail Road , which was part of the First Transcontinental Railway project, which became known as the Overland Route. Two more Union Pacific trains were formed after that, the Union Pacific Railway (second company) that absorbed the original company in 1880 and Union Pacific "Railroad" (the third company) that absorbed the Union Pacific Railway in 1897- 1898.
The third incarnation of the Union Pacific Railroad operating from 1897 to 1998 is referred to as Mark I and is the largest part of Union Pacific history. The third Incarnation Union Pacific Railroad produced the famous Big Boy steam locomotive such as Union Pacific 4014 and Union Pacific 4012. Other well-known steam locomotives were also produced by the third Union Pacific Railroad such as Union Pacific 3985, Union Pacific 3977, and Union Pacific 844. The third incarnation of the Union Pacific Railroad also produces Union Pacific 6936 diesel locomotive.
The current Union Pacific Railroad, the fourth incarnation, began in 1969 as the South Pacific Transportation Company (SP, SPTC or SPTCo), the last incarnation of the Southern Pacific railway; The South Pacific Transportation Company became the fourth incarnation of Union Pacific Railroad in 1998 with the merger of Union Pacific-Southern Pacific which includes the SP, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway and the SPCSL Corporation. The current incarnation of Union Pacific Railroad inherits all of the third Union Pacific Railroad operations. The current incarnation of the Union Pacific Railroad is referred to as Mark II. Overall, a total of four railroads use the name "Union Pacific"; However, the four railways are generally classified as one railway line.
The parent company, Union Pacific Corporation was established in 1969, the same year as the current railway (Mark II) begins. In addition to the South Pacific, Denver and Rio Grande Western, St. Louis Southwestern and SPCSL Corporation, the parent company, Union Pacific Corporation, acquired other western railroads for years such as the Pacific Pacific Railway, Chicago and the North Western Transportation Company, the Western Pacific Railroad and the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway and all became part of the Union Pacific system, which cultivated the Union Pacific system.
Union Pacific's main competitor is Railway BNSF, the nation's second largest freight train, which also primarily serves the western United States of the Mississippi River. Together, the two railways have a duopoly on all the continental trains in the US.
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Perusahaan asli (Union Pacific Rail Road) dan perusahaan kedua ( Kereta Api Union Pacific)
The original company, Union Pacific Rail Road was established on July 1, 1862, under a Congressional act entitled Pacific Railroad Act of 1862. This action was approved by President Abraham Lincoln, and it was reserved for the construction of railroads from the River Missouri to the Pacific as a measure of war for the preservation of the Union. It was built west of Council Bluffs, Iowa to meet the Central Pacific Railway line, which was built eastward from San Francisco Bay. The Union Pacific-Central Pacific line is known as the First Transcontinental Railroad and then the Overland Route.
This line was built mainly by Irish workers who have learned their craft during the recent Civil War. Both lines joined together at the Promontory Summit, Utah, 53 miles (85 km) west of Ogden on May 10, 1869, creating the first continental railway line in North America. Under the guidance of dominant shareholders Dr. Thomas Clark Durant, the manuscript of Durant, Iowa, the first rail was placed in Omaha.
Next, the original UP bought three roads built by Mormon: The Central Utah Railway extends south from Ogden to Salt Lake City, the Utah Southern Railroad extends south from Salt Lake City to the Utah Valley, and the Utah Northern Railroad extends north from Ogden to Idaho. It builds or buys a local line that gives it access to Denver, Colorado, to Portland, Oregon, and to the Pacific Northwest and earns Kansas Pacific (originally called Union Pacific, Eastern Division, although basically a separate train). It also has a narrow gauge to the heart of the Colorado Rockies and a standard gauge south of Denver in New Mexico to Texas (both parts of Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway).
The original UP was entangled in the CrÃÆ' Â © scandal by Mobilier, described in 1872. His independent construction company, CrÃÆ' Â © dit Mobilier had bribed members of the congress. The original UP itself is not guilty but gets bad publicity. The financial crisis of 1873 caused financial problems but not bankruptcy.
The original company was taken over by the new Union Pacific Railway on January 24, 1880, with its dominant shareholder being Jay Gould; Union Pacific Rail Road merged into Union Pacific Railway. Union Pacific Railway declared bankruptcy during Panic of 1893. The new Union Pacific "Railroad" was later formed and Union Pacific Railway merged into a new railroad.
Third (Mark I) and fourth (Mark II) company, both called Union Pacific Railroad
In 1897, a new Union Pacific Railroad was formed and Union Pacific Railway merged into the new Union Pacific Railroad. This Union Pacific Railroad is the third incarnation, and the third incarnation makes up most of the history of Union Pacific. The third incarnation produced the famous Big Boy steam locomotive. Union Pacific 4014 and Union Pacific 4012 are examples of preserved Big Boy locomotives. Other well-known steam locomotives are also produced by the third Union Pacific Railroad such as Union Pacific 3985, Union Pacific 3977, and Union Pacific 844, all three are also preserved. The third Union Pacific Railroad also produces Union Pacific 6936 diesel locomotives that are preserved. The Missouri Pacific Railroad, Chicago and the North Western Transportation Company, the Western Pacific Railroad, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (part of the UP-SP merger), the St. Louis Southwestern Railway (part of the UP-SP incorporation) , and the SPCSL Company (part of the UP-SP merger) all became part of the third Union Pacific Railroad.
The third Union Pacific railway line lasted until 1998 when the parent company Union Pacific Corporation incorporated this Union Pacific train to the South Pacific Transportation Company (SP, SPTC or SPTCo) established in 1969, completing a merger of UP-SP under the name of Union Pacific become a survival name. The South Pacific Transportation Company changed its name to Union Pacific Railroad on the same day as it absorbed the third Union Pacific train; The South Pacific Transportation Company became the fourth Union Pacific train and is also the last incarnation of the Southern Pacific railway. The fourth Union Pacific Railroad incarnation inherited all of Union Pacific Railroad's third incarnation operations. The fourth incarnation of the Union Pacific Railroad is referred to as Mark II while the third incarnation of the Union Pacific Railroad is referred to as Mark I. All together, a total of four railroads uses the name "Union Pacific"; However, the four incarnations of the Union Pacific train are classified and considered as one railway, though all incarnations are separate railroads.
Under the chairman of W. Averell Harriman, the third Union Pacific train established the Sun Valley ski resort in central Idaho; opened 81 years ago in 1936 and sold in 1964.
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On December 31, 1925, UP-OSL-OWRN-LA & amp; SL-StJ & amp; GI operated 9,834 mile-routes and 15,265-mile tracks. By the end of 1980, the third Union Pacific railway operated 9,266 mile-routes and 15,647 miles of lanes. Moody's showed 220,697 million ton-mile revenues in 1993 on an expanded system (17,835 mile-routes by the end of the year).
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Facilities
Due to the large size of the UP, hundreds of meters across the rail network is required to effectively handle the transportation of everyday goods from one place to another. To reduce overall emissions, Union Pacific acquired a new generation of eco-friendly locomotives for use at the Los Angeles subway base.
Union Pacific built an $ 90 million intermodal terminal in San Antonio, Texas in 2009.
Hump yard is active
The yard works by using a small hill where the car is pushed, before it is released down the slope and automatically switches to the piece of car, ready to be made into an exit train. Union Pacific's active grounds include:
- Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska
- Beaumont Yard in Beaumont, Texas
- Davidson Yard in Fort Worth, Texas
- Davis Yard in Roseville, California
- Englewood Yard in Houston, Texas
- Gateway Yard in East St Louis, Illinois, owned by a subsidiary of Alton and Southern Railway
- Hinkle Yard in Hermiston, Oregon
- Livonia Yard in Livonia, Louisiana
- Neff Yard in Kansas City, Missouri
- Little Little Rock Yard in Little North Rock, Arkansas
- Pine Bluff Yard in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
- Proviso Yard in Northlake, Illinois, owned by Chicago and North Western Transportation Company until 1995
- Strang Yard in La Porte, Texas
- West Colton Yard in San Bernardino, California
Union Pacific Railroad Museum
The Union Pacific Railroad Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa houses the collection of Union Pacific's oldest heritage companies in the United States. The museum includes artefacts, photographs, and documents that track the development of the first Union Pacific rail and West America.
The museum collections feature weapons from the 19th and 20th centuries, legal equipment, immigrant sampling, and a photo collection of over 500,000 images.
In 2009, the American Power Factuality Tour stopped at the Union Pacific Railroad Museum to report on the role of UP heritage in generating electricity in the United States.
Locomotive and rolling stock
Cat and color
UP basic paint scheme for its diesel-electric locomotive is the oldest one still used by the main railway. Two thirds of the center part of the locomotive body is painted Armor Yellow, so named because it is the color used by the meat company Armor. The Signal Red Signal Red ribbon divides this from the Harbor Mist Gray (the light gray color) used for the body and the roof above that point. Signal Red is also painted on the underside of the locomotive body, but this color gradually turns yellow because the new Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regulations for reflector tape came into effect in 2005; truck, bottom frame, fuel tank and everything below that line also Harbor Mist Gray . Trucks at one point were painted in aluminum colors, though due to high costs and high maintenance, this also turned into a gray port, right after merger with WP and MP. Letters and numbering are on Red Signal , with black outline. Some locomotives (historic passenger locomotives, as well as most units from 2000) have a blue-and-white "wing" on the nose, as well as a zig zag design with red signal lines at the top of the locomotive side - this is known as the "lightning line", based on the design from the CNW locomotive then. Beginning in early 2002, a number of units were repainted with large American flags and ballooned with the corporate motto "American Building" next to, where the letter 'UNION PACIFIC' is usually positioned. This paint scheme is known as "American Building," "Wing," or "Flag and Flare."
The Armor Yellow livery was first introduced in the M-10000 UP bridge in 1934, although Leaf Brown was used instead of Harbor Mist Gray. Passenger cars, cabooses, and other non-delivery equipment have also been painted in the same way.
The steam locomotive paint scheme has its own uniqueness. Until the mid-1940s, all the steam locomotives in the UP were painted in a standard scheme: tobacco boxes and painted fires of graphite and the rest painted in jet black; the letters are usually aluminum. In the late 1940s, many passenger steam locomotives were repainted with a two-tone gray scheme to match the schemes applied to some coaching stocks. These locomotives are painted in light gray, with a dark gray strip running from front to back next to the board running and in the middle of the tender. This dark gray strip is underlined in yellow (aluminum origin), and all the letters inside the strip are also yellow. After 1952, these locomotives were repainted with the same basic black scheme as the previous cargo locomotive. The gray passenger car is repainted with a yellow scheme.
From the second half of 2005 until the summer of 2006, UP launched a new set of six locomotives EMD SD70ACe in "Heritage Colors," which is painted with a scheme reminiscent of the railway which was acquired by Union Pacific Corporation since the 1980s. The engine figures correspond to the year that the previous railroads became part of the Union Pacific system. The locomotives will commemorate the Missouri Pacific with UP in 1982, the Western Pacific with UP 1983, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas with UP in 1988, the Chicago and North Western with UP in 1995, the South Pacific with UP 1996 (Union Pacific Railroad today is the latest incarnation of the railroad Southern Pacific), and Denver and Rio Grande Western with UP 1989.
In October 2005, UP launched the specially painted SD70ACe: 4141 has "George Bush 41" on its side and the paint scheme resembles Air Force One.
On March 31, 2010, UP dedicated a GE ES44AC locomotive that was painted specifically to commemorate the centenary of the American Boy Scouts. Despite retaining the standard Armor Yellow and Harbor Mist colors, this unit has a large BSA 2010 logo on each side of the long hood, and a low scouting logo on the side of the cab.
On September 28, 2010, UP presents a specially painted GE ES44AC locomotive, in honor of Susan G. Komen for Cure. The unit is standard in color UP Armor Yellow and Harbor Mist, but has a large pink ribbon, a symbol for breast cancer awareness, on each side of the long hood.
2013 locomotive list
As of October 2013, Union Pacific has 8,185 locomotives on its active list. The locomotive fleet consists of 43 different models and has an average age of 17.8 years.
Merger locomotive merger merger
On May 23, 2015, the UP operated 9 South Pacific (107,177,187, 266, 309, 319, 335, 343, and 352) 2 St. Louis Southwestern (9642, and 9708), and 2 Chicago and North Western (8646 and 8701)) locomotives still in railroad paint. Additionally, many locomotives have been "patched" and re-numbered by the UP, varying in the level of the previous train logo being eradicated, but always with yellow patches applied over the former number of locomotives and the new UP numbers applied in the cab. This allows the UP to count the locomotive into the list, but it takes less time and money than it does to do a complete repainting to the UP color. On May 17, 2015, UP made 212 "patches", consisting of:
- 22 Chicago and North Western (whose CNW logo is hidden by "patches"),
- 174 South Pacific (AC4400CW, GP40-2, MP15AC, and GP60)
- 14 St. Louis Southwestern (GP60)
- 2 Denver and Rio Grande Western (GP60)
Although technically not a precursor locomotive in the traditional sense, the UP arranges one SD40-2 (3564) still in a 1970s paint scheme. Also, some patch units have uniqueness, such as UP 6289 (The 'flaming' patch), and UP 6361 (SP paint, with full UP letters on the conductor side). The UP also reassembled the CNW AC4400CW in UP paint, which had been decided with 'We Will Deliver' and Operation Lifesaver (6736). The UP retains many CNW units with OLS decals.
Historical locomotive
On its own among modern railways, UP has a small fleet of historic locomotives for a special railway and rents in Cheyenne, Wyoming's round house.
- UP 4014 are Articulated 4-8-8-4, Big Boy , steam delivery locomotives. On July 23, 2013, it was announced that the UP acquired UP 4014 from The Southern California Chapter of The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society in Pomona, with the aim of returning it to the service. 4014 was transferred from Pomona to Union Pacific West Colton on January 26, 2014 and then to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Recovery to full operating conditions is currently underway, expected to be completed between 2017 and 2019. Volunteers and paid contractors assist UP steam crews in rebuilding especially at the UP Steam Shop in Cheyenne.
- UP 844 is an exclusive 4-8-4 northerly steam locomotive (FEF-3 class). The last steam locomotive was built for the UP and has been in continuous operation since shipping in 1944. Many people know the machine as No. 8444, since an additional '4' was added to his number in 1962 to distinguish it from a diesel numbered in the 800 series. It regained the right amount in June 1989, after the diesel was retired and donated to the Nevada Southern Railroad Museum in Boulder City, Nevada. Mechanical failure occurred on June 24, 1999, in which the boiler tube of the 1996 reshuffle, made up of the wrong material, collapsed inside the boiler and placed the steam locomotive out of the commission. UP Steam crew managed to fix it and return it to service on November 10, 2004. It was rebuilt and returned to service in 2016. This is the only steam locomotive to never officially retire from the Class I North American railway.
- UP 3985 is a two-grade steam locomotive service 4-6-6-4 Challenger . It is the largest steam locomotive still operating anywhere in the world. Withdrawn from service in 1962, it was kept in the UP ward until 1975, when it was transferred to an employee parking space outside Cheyenne, Wyoming, depot until 1981 when an employee volunteer team returned it to service. In 2007, he experienced improvements to the service, and resumed operations in 2008 to continue operations. UP 3985 has been saved since 2010, but can be returned to service after restoration of 4014 is completed.
- UP 951, 949 and 963B are the trio of General Motors Electro-Motive Division E9 locomotives built in 1955. They are used to transport UP business cars and for specialty charters. While externally they were antique locomotives of 1955, twin 1200-cylinder 127-cylinder twin 567 series engines had been replaced with EMD 16-645E 2000 hp (1.5 MW) single engines (saved from broken GP38-2 locomotives) and electricity and control equipment is also improved, making it a more modern locomotive under the skin. This set is made up of two A units and one unit B. Unit B contains a HEP-generator engine set to turn on the passenger car. Both A units were recently modified to remove the nose door to improve safety in case of a collision.
- UP 6936 is DDA40X "Centennial" EMD locomotive diesel. It is the largest diesel locomotive ever built and manufactured specifically for the UP. Of the many DDA40X locomotives built, the 6936 is the only one that operates. The locomotive suffered major damage in 2000 as a result of a collision with a dump truck at a class crossing in Livonia, Louisiana. Once fixed, the winged UP shield logo is applied to the front. It was also repainted in the current Lightning Bolt paint scheme and installed the roof AC unit.
- UP 5511 is a 2-10-2 steam locomotive. This locomotive is very rarely heard, because it was never donated for display in public. This locomotive is reported to be in excellent condition. The only thing that prevents it from being restored is that it will be limited to 40 mph (64 km/h) or lower due to large cylinders and small drivers. In August 2004, this locomotive was offered for sale by UP. Currently stored in round ward where 844 & amp; 3985 repaired in Cheyenne, Wyoming
- UP 1243 is a 4-6-0 steam locomotive, and is the oldest locomotive owned by UP. Built in 1890 and retired in 1957, it was first kept in Rawlins, Wyoming. It was cosmetically renovated in 1990 for public display, and toured with 844 as part of the Idaho and Wyoming Centennial trains, which were moved in a flat car. It was transferred to Omaha, Nebraska in November 1996 and on display at the Western Heritage Museum.
In addition, there are a number of other locomotives stored in storage for possible future recovery. The Rio Grande (DRGW) F9B 5763 is one of the storage units, part of the Trio (ABB) F9s who served on the Rio Grande in various Task Assignment services (From Denver Ski Train to Zephyr Trains) until they retired in 1996. Sister Units 5771 ( F9A) and 5762 (F9B) donated to the Colorado Railroad Museum. Chicago and North Western F7 No. 401, used for the Chicago and North Western business trains, is also maintained by the UP.
UP 838, twin to 844, is housed in a Cheyenne round house as a source of parts, although since most of the usable parts have been applied to the 844, it is more likely to see it used as a source of pattern sections for reproduction replacement. It is said that boilers 838 are in better condition than 844, since 838 have not been steam since retirement, compared to 844 of relatively heavy usage since 1960.
Among the former tenants is the Southern Pacific 1518 (first production of SD7 ex EMD demo 990), transferred to the Illinois Railway Museum after some time stored in UP stores.
Locomotive preserved
Union Pacific has a miniature train, sometimes called "Pride of The Omaha Shops." It was built in 1956 in Omaha stores. Over the years, trains have been used in various events, including parades, Family Family employees and other civil events. Today, it makes about 50 appearances a year across the Union Pacific Union system and is generally booked up to three years before special civilian celebrations.
Mini carts consist of:
- Locomotive, numbered as UP 956 (modeled after E9)
- Box car, numbered as the slogan "Railway Automation" number 498150
- Gondola, numbered UP 98000
- Tank car, numbered as UP 69969
- Refrigerator car, numbered as UPFE 451501
- Aluminum coal hopper
- Caboose, numbered as UP 25300
Passenger train service
Union Pacific operates through passenger services through the historic "Overland Route" between 1869 and 1 May 1971. The last passenger train operated by the UP is west of Los Angeles. After 1 May 1971, Amtrak assumes a long-distance passenger operating operation in the United States. UP at various times operates the following named passenger train:
- Butte Special (operated between Salt Lake City and Butte, Montana)
- Challenger (operated in conjunction with Chicago and the North Western Railway until October 1955, and after that the Milwaukee Road)
- Denver City (operated in conjunction with Chicago and Northwest Trains until October 1955, and after that the Milwaukee Road)
- Las Vegas City ; then, Las Vegas Holiday Special (1956-1967)
- The city of Los Angeles (operated in conjunction with Chicago and Northwest Trains until October 1955, and after that the Milwaukee Road)
- Portland City (operated in conjunction with Chicago and Northwest Trains until October 1955, and after that the Milwaukee Road)
- Salina City (1934-1940)
- San Francisco City (operated in conjunction with the Chicago Train and North Western and South Pacific Railways; after October 1955, Milwaukee Road is assumed to operate at the foot of the Chicago-Omaha service)
- St. Louis
- Columbine (in service to Chicago and Denver, beginning in the 1920s)
- Forty-Niner (operated between Chicago and Oakland)
- Gold Coast (operated between Chicago and Oakland/Los Angeles)
- Idahoan (operated between Cheyenne and Portland)
- Los Angeles Limited (in the 1905 service)
- Overland Flyer ; renamed Overland Limited in 1890 (1887-1963)
- Pacific Limited (operated between Chicago and Ogden, Utah where it is divided to serve Los Angeles and San Francisco, beginning in 1913. This is combined with Portland Rose on year 1947.)
- Pony Express (operated between Kansas City and Los Angeles 1926-1954)
- Portland Rose (in service between Chicago and Portland, beginning in 1920)
- San Francisco Overland (originally operated between Chicago and Oakland, then ended only in St. Louis)
- Spokane (operated between Spokane and Portland)
- Utahn (operated between Cheyenne and Los Angeles)
- Yellowstone Special (operated between Pocatello, Idaho and West Yellowstone, Montana)
UP mainly operates commuter trains for Metra on the Union Pacific Line: Union Pacific/North Line, Union Pacific/Northwest Line and Union Pacific/West Line.
Many current Amtrak routes use the Union Pacific rail:
- Amtrak Cascades
- California Zephyr
- Capitol Corridor
- Cardinal
- Beach Starlight
- Hoosier Country
- Lincoln Services
- Missouri River Runner
- Pacific Surfliner
- San Joaquin
- Sunset Limited
- Texas Eagle
The famous crash
On June 28, 2004, in the suburb of San Antonio, Macdona, Texas, an UP train collided with an idle BNSF train which resulted in a 90-ton tanker carrying a liquid chlorine. When chlorine evaporates, a toxic "yellow cloud" soon begins that kills three (UP conductors and two nearby residents) and causes 43 hospitals. The cost of cleaning and damaged property during the incident exceeded $ 7 million.
Another failure in November 1994 killed an observer in a neighboring business in San Antonio. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison demanded a federal investigation at the Union Pacific crash around Bexar County. In March 2005, Texas Governor Rick Perry backed a plan to change train routes around large urban population centers in the state of Texas, including San Antonio.
Various investigations into the Macdona incident have revealed some serious safety aberrations on the part of Union Pacific and its employees; in particular, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) officials in 2004 reported that Union Pacific had "significant shortcomings", including employees who did not follow the company's own safety rules. While the preliminary report blamed "fatigue" from the UP train crew, many other contributing factors have been cited. Among them, a chlorine tank car is placed improperly near the front of the train. Cars containing hazardous materials have traditionally been placed away from the front of the train, an operational measure used to keep the possibility of those cars being first hit in derail and to reduce their chances of colliding with heavier steel cars.
On September 4, 2007, Union Pacific trains separated the small town of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, into half. About 16 cars, most of them carrying salt, rolled over spilled contents in the mountains, piles of snow. The failure caused traffic disruption for about two hours until city officials could clear up the mess
In the aftermath of Macdona and other incidents, the Federal Railroad Administration signed a compliance agreement with railroads in November 2004 in which trains promised to fix the "significant shortcomings" found by regulators. In particular, the treaty mandated increased training for railway managers and increased the number of FRA inspectors in the region by 10. US Representative Charlie Gonzalez questioned whether the agreement went far enough; he and other congressional delegates questioned the "partnership" of the FRA approach as "too comfortable with railroad connections" and quoted an article in The New York Times reporting that acting FRA administrator Betty Monro and head the lobbyist for Union Pacific, Mary E. McAuliffe, has vacationed several times together on Nantucket.
The San Antonio Service Unit (SASU) on the railway has undergone another slipping, including the incident in Schulenburg, Texas in June 2009 where a tank car containing chlorine and petroleum naptha xylene slipped but was not punctured.
On January 7, 2008, Union Pacific trains carrying hazardous materials were broken down by a tornado near Lawrence, Illinois, injuring five and prompting local evacuations. Rear camera surveillance cameras capture video interruptions.
On June 24, 2012, three crew members were killed when two Union Pacific trains hit each other east of Goodwell, about 300 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. The train to the east passes a signal indicating a stop on the main lane that crashed into a westbound carriage fenced to the side of the road about 1 mile east of the meeting point. The accident sparked a diesel-fueled fireball that appeared to weld the locomotive together.
On 15 November 2012, a Midland train accident occurred, in which four US military veterans were killed when their parade was thrown by a train in Midland, Texas.
On May 25, 2013, in Chaffee, Missouri, the Union Pacific train collided with the BNSF train at a crossroads level. Seven people were injured. A total of 24 cars are being derailed, including autorack and scrap cars loaded. Included in the accident were two Union Pacific engines. The accident caused the flyover to partially collapse, and post-accident fires were also reported. The resulting investigation concluded that the engineer most likely fell asleep, due to sleep apnea. In this incident, four progressive limiting signals are violated, so the UP train hits the BNSF train at about 40 MPH. The total damage exceeded ten million dollars. The Missouri Route M bridge reopens in August 2013 with a new design.
On June 3, 2016, a 96-car oil train slipped on the Columbia River Gorge near Mosier, Oregon. 11 cars are slipping and at least one is on fire. 42,000 gallons of Bakken crude oil spilled where 10,000 gallons have been recovered. Some oil goes to the Colombian River. Cleanup and investigation continues on June 6, 2016.
Facts and numbers
According to the 2007 Annual Report UP to Investors, at the end of 2007 had more than 50,000 employees, 8,721 locomotives, and 94,284 freight cars.
Damaged by certain types of cars, owned and leased:
- 35437 closed carriage
- 12,272 carriages
- 18.647 open hopper
- 13,780 gondolas
- 14,148 "other" types of cars
In addition, it has 6,950 pieces of maintenance of different work equipment. At the end of 2007 the average age of the UP locomotive fleet was 14.8 years, the fleet of 28-year-old freight cars.
Company officer
President of the four incarnations of the Pacific Railway Association:
- William Butler Ogden (1862-1863)
- John Adams Dix (1863-1865)
- Oliver Ames, Jr. (1866-1871)
- Thomas Alexander Scott (1871-1872)
- Horace F. Clark (1872-1873)
- John Duff (1873-1874)
- Sidney Dillon (1874-1884)
- Charles F. Adams (1884-1890)
- Sidney Dillon (1890-1892)
- S.H.H. Clark (1890-1898)
- W.S. Pierce (acting) (1897)
- Horace G. Burt (1898-1904)
- E. H. Harriman (1904-1909)
- Robert S. Lovett (1910-1911)
- A.L. Mohler (1911-1916)
- ee. Calvin (1916-1918)
- C.B. Seger (1918-1919)
- Carl R. Gray (1920-1937)
- William M. Jeffers (1937-1946)
- G.F. Ashby (1946-1949)
- Arthur E. Stoddard (1949-1965)
- E.H. Bailey (1965-1971)
- John Kenefick (1971-1986)
- Drew Lewis (1986-1987)
- Mike Walsh (1987-1991)
- Richard K. Davidson (1991-1996)
- Ron Burns (few months in 1996)
- Jerry Davis (1996-1998)
- Ike Evans (1998-2004)
- James R. Young (2004-2012)
- Jack Koraleski (2012-2015)
- Lance M. Fritz (2015-present)
Environmental recordings
In Eugene, Oregon, the UP and the Oregon Environmental Quality Department jointly studied soil contamination in railway stations originating from the South Pacific from over one hundred years ago, comprised mostly of petroleum hydrocarbons, industrial solvents, and metals. This has affected the nearby groundwater source.
Union Pacific Railroad in 2007 started an experimental method to reduce emissions from the disposal of their locomotive engines. By adding an experimental oxidation catalyst catalyst cylinder to a diesel engine exhaust manifold, they are trying to reduce the amount of unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and particulate matter produced, much like catalytic converters in cars and trucks. National Vehicle Fuels and Emission Laboratory The US Environmental Protection Agency provides most of the funds for this test. Using Ultra Low Sulfur diesel with oxicat resulted in a 50% reduction in particle emissions, unburned hydrocarbons by 38% and carbon monoxide by 82%.
The company's Fuel Master program employs the expertise of locomotive engineers to save fuel. Engineers who save the most fuel are given every month. This program has saved millions of dollars of the company, a large amount has been returned to the engineers. In 2006, the founder of the program, Wayne Kennedy, received the John H. Chafee Environmental Award, and the program was recognized by the Secretary of Transport Norman Mineta.
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