Union Pacific Corporation specializes in railway transportation of merchandise. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- merchandise transportation (93.6%): rail transport of industrial products (36.5% of net sales), rail transport of agricultural products, food products, fertilizers and coal (32.6%), intermodal transport and rail transport of vehicles (30.9%);
- other (6.4%).
At the end of 2023, the group had the largest railroad network in North America (83,891 km serving 23 States) and a fleet of 7,154 locomotives, 59,189 freight cars and 47,984 containers.