Union Pacific was the first transcontinental railroad; founded in 1862 and completed with driving of the "Golden Spike" at the meeting point with the Central Pacific Railroad near Promontory, UT, on May 10, 1869.

The UP is currently one of the largest railroads in North America serving the western 2/3rds of the U.S. with over 32,000 miles of track.

UP 1592 at Winona, MN, 6/24/20.

UP 1982 at North Platte, NE, 9/05/08.  It is 1 of 5 UP's locomotives painted in the scheme of a predecessor railroad; 1982 commemorates the Missouri Pacific and the number is the year MoPac was acquired by UP.

UP 1995 at Boone, IA, 9/07/12. 1995 commemorates the CNW acquisition.