UP train speed
25.4 mph
31 listed facilities in Iowa.
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UP train speed
25.4 mph
31 listed facilities in Iowa.
UP terminal dwell
19.8 hrs
Latest system-level dwell reading from the operating metrics feed.
UP revenue
$6,150M
Q3 2025 operating ratio 58.7%.
UP top commodity
Containers
62,562 weekly carloads in the latest commodity breakdown.
Incident on 2025-12-31: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries. Estimated damage: $32618
OR
Incident on 2025-12-30: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries. Estimated damage: $489751
CA
Incident on 2025-12-29: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries. Estimated damage: $1494799
OK
Incident on 2025-12-28: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries. Estimated damage: $117478
NV
The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) today issued a Final Environmental Assessment (Final EA) for the proposed construction of approximately six miles of new rail line in Mesa, Arizona by Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP). [Click for full press release.]
The STB today announced a unanimous decision finding that the major merger application filed by Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS) on December 19, 2025 is incomplete. [Click for full press release.]
Fairfax, Iowa
CN · UP
Rail to Truck · Rail to Warehouse +5 more
Railcar Storage · Bulk Storage +3 more
Dry Bulk · Liquids · Oversized +1 more
Seen Mar 2026
Des Moines, Iowa
BNSF · NS · UP
Container to Rail · Container to Truck +11 more
Railcar Storage · Bulk Storage +3 more
Dry Bulk · Liquids · Oversized +1 more
Seen Mar 2026
Waterloo, Iowa
UP
Container to Rail · Container to Truck +11 more
Railcar Storage · Bulk Storage +4 more
Dry Bulk · Liquids · Oversized +1 more
Seen Mar 2026
Keokuk, Iowa
BNSF · CN · NS +1 more
Railcar Storage
800 cars
Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
Manley, Iowa
UP
Railcar Storage
700 cars
No operating summary is published for this record.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
CN · UP
Railcar Storage
400 cars
Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
Garnavillo, Iowa
BNSF · CN · CPKC +3 more
Railcar Storage · Storage Yard
3 cars
Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
Sioux City, Iowa
BNSF · CN · UP
Railcar Storage · Storage Yard
250 cars
Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
Waterloo, Iowa
UP
Railcar Storage · Storage Yard
50 cars
Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
Mason City, Iowa
UP
Railcar Storage
270 cars
No operating summary is published for this record.
Des Moines, Iowa
UP
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Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
UP
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Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
Davenport, Iowa
UP
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Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
Sioux City, Iowa
UP
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Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
Waterloo, Iowa
UP
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Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
UP
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Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
Ames, Iowa
UP
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Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
West Des Moines, Iowa
UP
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Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
Ankeny, Iowa
UP
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Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
Urbandale, Iowa
UP
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Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
CR · UP
The railroad naming still needs taxonomy confirmation.
Des Moines, Iowa
UP
Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
Emmetsburg, Iowa
UP
Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
Lakota, Iowa
UP
Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
Sioux City, Iowa
BNSF · UP
Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
Sioux City, Iowa
BNSF · UP
Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
UP
Container to Rail · Container to Truck +2 more
No operating summary is published for this record.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
UP
Container to Rail · Container to Truck +2 more
No operating summary is published for this record.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
UP
Container to Rail · Container to Truck +2 more
Motor Vehicles
No operating summary is published for this record.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
UP
Rail to Truck · Truck to Rail
Grain · Agricultural
Current public source or verification support is not disclosed on this record.
Elk Run Rd Waterloo, Iowa
UP · Watco
Rail to Truck · Truck to Rail
Named railroad service is missing from the published record.