Union Pacific Railroad - Yards and Facilities

Yards and Facilities

Because of the large size of UP, hundreds of yards throughout its rail network are needed to effectively handle the daily transport of goods from one place to another. To reduce overall emissions, Union Pacific is acquiring a new generation of environmentally friendly locomotives for use in Los Angeles basin rail yards.

Some of the more prominent rail facilities in UP’s system include:

• The Intermodal Container Transfer Facility in Wilmington, California, serving the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
• Bailey Yard, the largest railroad classification yard in the world, located in North Platte, Nebraska.
• The Hinkle Locomotive Service and Repair Facility in Hermiston, Oregon.
• J.R. Davis Yard, the largest rail facility on the United States’ west coast, in Roseville, California.
• Jenks Shop, one of the largest locomotive overhaul and maintenance facilities in the world, located in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
• Global III Intermodal Facility, a critical interchange hub and loading/unloading terminal for intermodal shipments moving through the Chicago metropolitan area, in Rochelle, Illinois.
• Mira Loma Terminal in Mira Loma, California, the principal distribution center for Chrysler and Ford in Southern California
• Union Pacific Dallas Intermodal Terminal, a massive $80 million expansion of the railroad's transportation hub outside of Dallas, Texas.
• Union Pacific San Antonio Intermodal Terminal is a $90 million state-of-the-art intermodal terminal under construction in San Antonio, Texas and is expected to be complete in 2008.