"Union Pacific celebrates railroad's 150th birthday"
"Union Pacific celebrates railroad's 150th birthday" by Associated Press, © Bloomberg Businessweek, July 1, 2012. (News Article)
" ... A dozen Union Pacific employees will ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange ... to celebrate the railroad's 150th birthday. The nation's largest railroad will also celebrate at its Omaha headquarters ... with a bell-ringing reception for its employees. ... " [More]
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"Union Pacific Railroad Celebrates 150th Anniversary In Old Sacramento With Signature Event September 29-30 [2012]"
'Today, Union Pacific operates more than 8,000 locomotives on 31,900 miles of track across 23 states in the central and western U.S. ... "
"We ship over 75 percent of all the finished vehicles west of the Mississippi. Three out of four cars at the stoplight came on Union Pacific ... "
"Ninety-six years after his death, Gen. Grenville M. Dodge is still receiving honors."
"Today there is a widespread feeling that the trains' glory days are gone. Yet the American rail network is still the largest in the world, with some 140,000 miles of track. Not only do railroads carry 40% of American freight, they do it profitably and efficiently, using less than a quarter of the fuel, per ton, of trucks."
"Today, Union Pacific is one of America's top railroad companies, with roughly 32,000 miles covering 23 states in the Western two-thirds of the country. As of the end of 2012, it employed 45,700 workers and sported 8,400 locomotives."
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