UP traces its roots to 1848 (first track laid Galena and Chicago Union Railroad), 1862 (Pacific Railroad Act charters Union Pacific and Central Pacific), or 1865 (first UP rails laid in Omaha). In 1869 one of the most famous scenes in railroad history took place at Promontory, Utah, when the UP and Central Pacific gave the United States its first transcontinental rail link.
In 1884 the Oregon Short Line was completed, connecting the UP to the Pacific Northwest via the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company. UP still operates in Tacoma, and more info is available on the PSMRE page “Tacoma’s Local Railroads Today”.
On July 1, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law the Pacific Railroad Act, which created the Union Pacific Railroad Company and chartered the company and the Central Pacific Railroad Company to link the country together from Omaha to Sacramento.
“Union Pacific began building west from Omaha with 250 workers and a goal of laying two miles of track a day,” said Dick Davidson, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Union Pacific Corp.” Working seven days a week, 12 to 16 hours a day, the workforce grew to 10,000 and encountered every obstacle possible, from blizzards and drought to mountains and canyons.
Union Pacific spent $5.4 billion in 1996 to acquire Southern Pacific Rail Corp., which had owned and operated the switching yard in Roseville since 1865. The Roseville rail yard, under Union Pacific’s ownership, continues to be the largest switching yard on the West Coast, where more than 1,200 people are employed. That makes Union Pacific the seventh-largest employer in Placer Country.
Union Pacific now has annual revenue of $12 billion and owns 33,586 miles of track, 153,272 freight cars and 6,921 locomotives. U.P. employs 48,000 with an average yearly payroll of $2.7 billion. Its moves 8.92 million, carloads of materials each year. Union Pacific still owns the mostly-idle rail yard adjacent to downtown Sacramento, which is being considered for a massive redevelopment project that has been the subject a great deal of speculation for its future use.
In 1830 there were only twenty-three miles of railroad in the United States. This number grew to 30,000 miles of track by 1860.
The Union Pacific Railroad was the eastern segment of the first transcontinental railroad completed in 1869. After years of agitation for a railroad link to Pacific coast, in 1862 the United States Congress authorized such a venture. The Union Pacific Railroad Company was authorized to begin construction from Omaha, Nebraska westward, while the Central Pacific, was to commence building at Sacramento, California and cross the Sierra Nevada Mountains heading eastward.
Union Pacific is Texas’ biggest railroad, serving all of its major cities and its gulf ports. With lines to the international gateways at El Paso, Eagle Pass, Laredo and Brownsville, Union Pacific is the primary U.S. rail link to Mexico. Amtrak operates passenger service over UP linking Texas to St. Louis through Texarkana, Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio and transcontinental service across southern Texas via Houston and San Antonio.
The Union Pacific is one of the largest railroad companies in America rails connecting many of the largest cities. To further enhance its arrangements with smaller companies to use their rails. Union Pacific Railroad Bill of 1862 granted by the government created Union Pacific with the loans grants to build a railroad west from the hundredth meridian. By July of 1865, the Union Pacific Railroad was finally laying track outside the city limits of Omaha. In 1865, Brigadier General John Casement and his brother, Dan were hired by contract to take care of the union Pacific Railroad construction phase.
UP traces its roots to 1848 (first track laid Galena and Chicago Union Railroad), 1862 (Pacific Railroad Act charters Union Pacific and Central Pacific), or 1865 (first UP rails laid in Omaha). In 1869 one of the most famous scenes in railroad history took place at Promontory, Utah, when the UP and Central Pacific gave the United States its first transcontinental rail link.
In 1884 the Oregon Short Line was completed, connecting the UP to the Pacific Northwest via the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company. UP still operates in Tacoma, and more info is available on the PSMRE page “Tacoma’s Local Railroads Today”.
On July 1, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law the Pacific Railroad Act, which created the Union Pacific Railroad Company and chartered the company and the Central Pacific Railroad Company to link the country together from Omaha to Sacramento.
“Union Pacific began building west from Omaha with 250 workers and a goal of laying two miles of track a day,” said Dick Davidson, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Union Pacific Corp.” Working seven days a week, 12 to 16 hours a day, the workforce grew to 10,000 and encountered every obstacle possible, from blizzards and drought to mountains and canyons.
Union Pacific spent $5.4 billion in 1996 to acquire Southern Pacific Rail Corp., which had owned and operated the switching yard in Roseville since 1865. The Roseville rail yard, under Union Pacific’s ownership, continues to be the largest switching yard on the West Coast, where more than 1,200 people are employed. That makes Union Pacific the seventh-largest employer in Placer Country.
Union Pacific now has annual revenue of $12 billion and owns 33,586 miles of track, 153,272 freight cars and 6,921 locomotives. U.P. employs 48,000 with an average yearly payroll of $2.7 billion. Its moves 8.92 million, carloads of materials each year. Union Pacific still owns the mostly-idle rail yard adjacent to downtown Sacramento, which is being considered for a massive redevelopment project that has been the subject a great deal of speculation for its future use.In 1830 there were only twenty-three miles of railroad in the United States. This number grew to 30,000 miles of track by 1860.
The Union Pacific Railroad was the eastern segment of the first transcontinental railroad completed in 1869. After years of agitation for a railroad link to Pacific coast, in 1862 the United States Congress authorized such a venture. The Union Pacific Railroad Company was authorized to begin construction from Omaha, Nebraska westward, while the Central Pacific, was to commence building at Sacramento, California and cross the Sierra Nevada Mountains heading eastward.
Union Pacific is Texas’ biggest railroad, serving all of its major cities and its gulf ports. With lines to the international gateways at El Paso, Eagle Pass, Laredo and Brownsville, Union Pacific is the primary U.S. rail link to Mexico. Amtrak operates passenger service over UP linking Texas to St. Louis through Texarkana, Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio and transcontinental service across southern Texas via Houston and San Antonio.
The Union Pacific is one of the largest railroad companies in America rails connecting many of the largest cities. To further enhance its arrangements with smaller companies to use their rails. Union Pacific Railroad Bill of 1862 granted by the government created Union Pacific with the loans grants to build a railroad west from the hundredth meridian. By July of 1865, the Union Pacific Railroad was finally laying track outside the city limits of Omaha. In 1865, Brigadier General John Casement and his brother, Dan were hired by contract to take care of the union Pacific Railroad construction phase.