Railroad Performance Measures   

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Union Pacific Railroad
Weekly Performance Report

All seven railroads use the same definitions to calculate their performance data,ensuring a high degree of consistency of the measurements. However, these measures are most useful for examining trends and relative changes, and least useful as absolutes.

The level of one railroad’s performance relative to another’s may differ sharply because each railroad is unique. Differences between railroads include terrain, physical routes and network design, traffic mix and volume, the extent of passenger operations, and operational practices. External factors such as weather and port operations can also cause variations between railroads and over time.In addition,individual differences in the collection and reporting of operational data may affect the absolute level of the measures on each road to some degree.
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 Historical Average Week Ending
3Q09 Jul-10  08/06/10 08/13/10 08/20/10 08/27/10 
Revisions R     
Cars on Line
By Car Owner
System 74,173 69,111  68,047 67,326 67,266 67,367 
Foreign RR 38,549 39,151  40,523 40,292 39,771 39,271 
Private 168,734 167,151  167,946 167,136 167,104 166,616 
Total 281,456 275,413  276,516 274,754 274,141 273,254 
Pct. Private 60.0 60.7  60.7 60.8 61.0 61.0 
By Car Type
Box 26,032 24,241  24,665 24,693 24,136 24,116 
Covered Hopper 91,465 89,275  89,555 88,236 89,303 89,196 
Gondola 11,942 12,665  12,682 12,689 12,716 12,770 
Intermodal 11,787 12,423  12,977 12,916 12,857 12,657 
Multilevel 14,624 13,320  13,348 13,169 12,402 11,828 
Open Hopper 58,387 55,119  55,025 55,671 55,488 55,502 
Tank 55,173 55,142  54,967 54,325 54,205 54,002 
Other 12,046 13,228  13,297 13,055 13,034 13,183 
Total 281,456 275,413  276,516 274,754 274,141 273,254 
Train Speed (Miles per Hour)
Intermodal 33.6 31.2  30.7 30.9 31.0 30.9 
Manifest 25.0 23.7  23.1 22.8 22.8 23.0 
Multilevel 28.3 26.1  25.1 24.3 25.5 25.3 
Coal Unit 26.0 23.9  23.9 23.4 23.8 23.4 
Grain Unit 25.1 23.8  23.5 22.1 23.0 23.7 
All Trains 27.4 25.7  25.2 24.9 25.1 25.1 
Terminal Dwell (Hours)
Chicago, IL - Proviso 29.9 34.8  34.0 33.7 33.2 32.7 
Fort Worth, TX 29.6 29.4  31.3 35.9 31.0 36.2 
Hinkle, OR 25.3 26.9  26.9 25.1 26.1 27.3 
Houston, TX - Englewood 29.4 27.0  31.7 29.8 27.5 27.9 
Houston, TX - Settegast 27.9 30.7  32.5 31.3 30.3 26.2 
Kansas City, MO 30.6 28.2  26.3 26.6 28.5 29.4 
Livonia, LA 26.8 26.4  28.3 29.7 30.7 28.1 
North Little Rock, AR 27.1 24.8  24.7 24.4 23.6 23.9 
North Platte East, NE 25.1 26.1  25.0 25.2 24.5 23.9 
North Platte West, NE 27.7 27.9  23.5 22.4 24.4 24.4 
Pine Bluff, AR 30.4 26.6  26.1 25.7 26.5 26.2 
Roseville, CA 28.7 29.8  28.7 29.7 29.6 30.4 
West Colton, CA 32.4 32.1  30.1 31.3 31.8 30.7 
Entire Railroad 24.5 25.0  24.6 25.3 24.7 24.6 
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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