Union Pacific Railroad - Facts and Figures

Facts and Figures

According to UP’s 2007 Annual Report to Investors, at the end of 2007 it had more than 50,000 employees, 8,721 locomotives, and 94,284 freight cars.

Broken down by specific type of car, owned and leased:

  • 35,437 Covered Hoppers
  • 12,272 Boxcars
  • 18,647 Open-top Hoppers
  • 13,780 Gondolas
  • 14,148 “Other” types of cars

In addition, it owns 6,950 different pieces of maintenance of way work equipment. At the end of 2007 the average age of UP’s locomotive fleet was 14.8 years, the freight car fleet 28 years.

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