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Nature of Operations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Nature of Operations [Abstract]  
Nature Of Operations [Text Block]

For purposes of this report, unless the context otherwise requires, all references herein to the “Corporation”, “Company”, “UPC”, “we”, “us”, and “our” mean Union Pacific Corporation and its subsidiaries, including Union Pacific Railroad Company, which will be separately referred to herein as “UPRR” or the “Railroad”.

 

1. Nature of Operations

 

Operations and Segmentation – We are a Class I railroad operating in the U.S. Our network includes 31,974 route miles, linking Pacific Coast and Gulf Coast ports with the Midwest and Eastern U.S. gateways and providing several corridors to key Mexican gateways. We own 26,012 miles and operate on the remainder pursuant to trackage rights or leases. We serve the western two-thirds of the country and maintain coordinated schedules with other rail carriers for the handling of freight to and from the Atlantic Coast, the Pacific Coast, the Southeast, the Southwest, Canada, and Mexico. Export and import traffic is moved through Gulf Coast and Pacific Coast ports and across the Mexican and Canadian borders.

 

The Railroad, along with its subsidiaries and rail affiliates, is our one reportable operating segment. Although we provide and review revenue by commodity group, we analyze the net financial results of the Railroad as one segment due to the integrated nature of our rail network. The following table provides freight revenue by commodity group:

Millions 2014 2013 2012
Agricultural Products$ 3,777$ 3,276$ 3,280
Automotive   2,103  2,077  1,807
Chemicals   3,664  3,501  3,238
Coal  4,127  3,978  3,912
Industrial Products   4,400  3,822  3,494
Intermodal   4,489  4,030  3,955
Total freight revenues $ 22,560$ 20,684$ 19,686
Other revenues   1,428  1,279  1,240
Total operating revenues $ 23,988$ 21,963$ 20,926

Although our revenues are principally derived from customers domiciled in the U.S., the ultimate points of origination or destination for some products transported by us are outside the U.S. Each of our commodity groups includes revenue from shipments to and from Mexico. Included in the above table are revenues from our Mexico business which amounted to $2.3 billion in 2014, $2.1 billion in 2013, and $1.9 billion in 2012.

 

Basis of PresentationThe Consolidated Financial Statements are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (GAAP) as codified in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC).