Illinois

With Chicago ranked as the world's largest rail center, Illinois is a key state for Union Pacific Railroad. Main line tracks from southern Illinois and St. Louis enter Chicago from the south, and the east-west transcontinental main line across Illinois terminates at Proviso Yard in the Chicago suburb of Northlake. One of UP's four major intermodal terminals is also located at Proviso, called Global II. Global I is in downtown Chicago on South Western Avenue. The Global III intermodal facility opened in Rochelle, Ill., in 2003. The fourth terminal is on the south side of Chicago at Dolton.

Freight car classification in southern Illinois is performed for UP by the Alton & Southern Railroad in East St. Louis. Most north-south traffic moves through the Dupo terminal on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River just south of East St. Louis, avoiding the St. Louis metropolitan area. Dupo is also the site of the Union Pacific intermodal terminal which serves St. Louis.

Union Pacific operates commuter trains on three major routes for the Chicago Metra system. Nearly 200 commuter trains carry 100,000 riders over these routes daily.

The major commodities in Illinois transported by Union Pacific include corn, soybeans, automobile parts, finished automobiles and general merchandise. Particularly important to the railroad is the coal mining industry in southern Illinois. UP's top customers in Illinois include American President Companies, United Parcel Service, and Commonwealth Edison. Other large customers include K-Line and Chrysler.

Fast Facts in Illinois
Miles of Track	2,237
Employees	4,015
Annual Payroll	$277 million
Purchases Made	$1.1 billion
Community Giving	$796,028
Capital Spending 2007 Capital Spending 2003-2006	$101.4 million $433.3 million