Railroad Performance Measures   

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Union Pacific Railroad
Weekly Performance Report

One railroad's performance metrics cannot meaningfully be compared to another railroad's,
due to differences in the carriers' calculation methodologies, operational strategies, network
characteristics, terrain, traffic mix and volume, length of haul, extent of passenger operations,
and other factors such as weather.

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 Historical Average Week Ending
3Q07 Jun-08  06/27/08 07/04/08 07/11/08 07/18/08 
Revisions       
Cars on Line
By Car Owner
System 77,625 74,548  74,236 73,056 71,648 72,238 
Foreign RR 52,655 48,187  47,846 47,551 46,341 46,865 
Private 181,511 181,298  180,881 180,744 178,837 179,659 
Total 311,791 304,033  302,963 301,351 296,826 298,762 
Pct. Private 58.2 59.6  59.7 60.0 60.2 60.1 
By Car Type
Box 34,162 30,335  30,018 30,015 29,657 29,814 
Covered Hopper 96,767 96,168  95,669 95,022 93,780 94,467 
Gondola 14,590 14,233  14,067 14,278 14,079 14,162 
Intermodal 13,962 12,592  12,683 12,488 12,097 12,520 
Multilevel 13,978 13,419  13,540 12,902 11,809 11,779 
Open Hopper 63,133 63,348  62,852 62,771 62,736 63,460 
Tank 58,139 58,824  59,105 59,074 58,234 58,206 
Other 17,060 15,114  15,029 14,801 14,434 14,354 
Total 311,791 304,033  302,963 301,351 296,826 298,762 
Train Speed (Miles per Hour)
Intermodal 25.9 26.3  24.8 27.7 28.7 28.6 
Manifest 20.0 20.7  20.7 21.4 22.6 22.3 
Multilevel 22.2 22.5  21.5 22.1 25.3 24.5 
Coal Unit 20.3 20.6  20.8 22.5 22.9 22.3 
Grain Unit 20.0 21.7  21.1 20.8 21.9 22.5 
All Trains 21.5 22.1  21.7 23.1 23.9 23.8 
Terminal Dwell (Hours)
Chicago, IL - Proviso 27.0 31.4  32.5 27.6 29.2 28.1 
Fort Worth, TX 29.3 33.0  34.5 29.6 26.4 27.8 
Hinkle, OR 25.9 24.2  22.7 25.1 27.1 25.5 
Houston, TX - Englewood 34.1 28.0  27.4 31.7 30.1 26.9 
Houston, TX - Settegast 29.3 26.3  26.0 28.1 26.8 26.6 
Kansas City, MO 34.9 31.1  29.9 32.5 33.6 32.2 
Livonia, LA 25.9 28.3  27.7 29.3 28.4 25.7 
North Little Rock, AR 27.4 29.0  28.6 30.6 31.6 21.7 
North Platte East, NE 26.9 24.6  23.8 23.3 24.1 23.8 
North Platte West, NE 29.6 25.8  26.9 25.9 25.5 25.5 
Pine Bluff, AR 31.5 31.2  30.6 31.1 29.8 26.2 
Roseville, CA 25.0 26.4  27.7 26.1 24.8 25.1 
West Colton, CA 37.7 34.5  34.5 32.8 27.6 27.3 
Entire Railroad 25.2 25.1  24.9 24.7 25.0 23.8 
When reviewing the above data, please refer to the specific definitions by this carrier to understand the measurements being provided.
R = Revised Figure(s) reported for this week 
- = Not Available
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