Union Pacific

OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Railroad has joined the Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI), an organization of leading companies dedicated to fostering global environmental, health and safety and sustainability excellence.

OMAHA, Neb. — Recent track improvements will allow Union Pacific Railroad to increase the speed of its trains in central and eastern Wisconsin communities, reducing motorist wait time at crossings. The speed will increase from 25 mph to 50 mph across Union Pacific’s 112-mile line between Milwaukee and Adams, Wis., the company said.

OMAHA, Neb. — The 2010 ski season marks the 75th anniversary of the world’s first chair lift operation.

Union Pacific Corp. announced that its Board of Directors voted to increase the quarterly dividend on the company’s common shares by 15 percent to 38 cents per share.

ROSEVILLE, Calif. – Union Pacific Railroad has won the 2010 Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA), California’s highest and most prestigious environmental honor.

OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Railroad employees cut and transported a 40-foot blue spruce from the property of Sharon Alvarez of the Lakeland Development near Blair, Neb., to The Durham Museum.