Editing Union Pacific Railroad (section)

==Facts and figures==
[[File:UP 5583 Belvidere, NE 7-5-15 1.jpg|thumb|Two UP AC4400CWs, including an ex-CNW unit, lead a typical empty coal train west at Belvidere, Nebraska, in July 2015.]]
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 hopper]]s
* 12,272 [[boxcar]]s
* 18,647 [[Hopper car|open-top hoppers]]
* 13,780 [[Gondola (rail)|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.

UP was ranked 134th on the 2019 [[Fortune 500]] list of the largest United States corporations by revenue and had 41,967 employees.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} The Chief Executive Officer of Union Pacific since August 14, 2023, is [[Jim Vena]], the President is Beth Whited, and the chairman of the board is Mike McCarthy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Luczak |first=Marybeth |date=26 July 2023 |title=UP: Vena, Whited, McCarthy to Split CEO, President and Chair Posts |url=https://www.railwayage.com/freight/class-i/up-vena-whited-mccarthy-to-split-ceo-president-and-chair-posts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305132559/https://www.railwayage.com/freight/class-i/up-vena-whited-mccarthy-to-split-ceo-president-and-chair-posts/ |archive-date=5 March 2024 |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=[[Railway Age]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 July 2023 |title=Union Pacific Appoints Jim Vena Chief Executive Officer |url=http://www.up.com/up/media/releases/vena-whited-mccarthy-nr-230726.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108100145/https://www.up.com/media/releases/vena-whited-mccarthy-nr-230726.htm |archive-date=8 November 2023 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.up.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Executive Profiles |url=http://www.up.com/up/aboutup/corporate_info/exec/index.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315164310/https://www.up.com/aboutup/corporate_info/exec/index.htm |archive-date=15 March 2024 |access-date=March 15, 2024 |website=UP.com}}</ref>

In 2019, Union Pacific has been rated the worst company to work for by 247wallst.com, citing Past CEO Lance Fritz's 12% approval rating and the 22% recommendation rating from Glassdoor.com.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Union Pacific |url=http://fortune.com/fortune500/union-pacific/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118132830/http://fortune.com/fortune500/union-pacific/ |archive-date=November 18, 2018 |access-date=November 18, 2018 |website=Fortune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Garrett |date=August 20, 2019 |title=The 20 Worst Companies to Work For in 2019 |url=https://moneyinc.com/worst-companies-to-work-for/ |access-date=February 13, 2020 |website=Money Inc}}</ref>