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La Union Pacific Railroad è una delle più grandi compagnie ferroviarie statunitensi, fondata nel 1862, e tuttora operante nella zona centro-occidentale. La sigla abbreviata, che compare anche sui suoi mezzi, è UP. È la diretta rivale della compagnia americana BNSF Railway.
The Union Pacific Railroad (reporting marks UP, UPP, UPY) is a Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over 32,200 miles (51,800 km) routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans.
- 32,100 miles (51,700 km)
- Union Pacific Corporation
- UP (road locomotives), UPP (passenger cars), UPY (yard locomotives)
There have been four railroads called Union Pacific: Union Pacific Rail Road, Union Pacific Railway, Union Pacific Railroad (Mark I), and Union Pacific Railroad (Mark II). This article covers the Union Pacific Rail Road (UPRR, 1862–1880), Union Pacific Railway (1880–1897), and Union Pacific Railroad (Mark I)(UP, 1897–1998).
The current Union Pacific Railroad is the fourth incarnation and it is referred to as Mark II; the current incarnation of the Union Pacific Railroad is formerly known as the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, the last incarnation of the Southern Pacific railroad.
- 33,179 (2022)
- 1969 in Utah, United States
Union Pacific Railroad (or legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and simply Union Pacific) is a freight-hauling railroad that has 8,500 locomotives. They have over 32,100 route-miles in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. The Union Pacific Railroad system is the biggest in the United States.
- 32,100 miles (51,660 km)
- 4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
- UP (road locomotives), UPY (yard locomotives), UPP (passenger railcars)
Heritage. Founded July 1, 1862, when President Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act, Union Pacific has been building America for more than 160 years. Starting with the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, surviving the country's multiple economic crises, supporting America's military men and women through conflicts and forging ...
Despite the transcontinental success and millions in government subsidies, the Union Pacific faced bankruptcy less than three years after the Last Spike as details surfaced about overcharges that Crédit Mobilier had billed Union Pacific for the formal building of the railroad.
