How The Great Connection Strengthens America
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are ready to transform the U.S. supply chain and enhance American competitiveness by offering shippers end-to-end, single-line service that will deliver a more reliable and efficient network, enhance safety and protect jobs.
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Annual savings for shippers by shifting freight from higher-cost trucks to lower-cost rail — savings expected to flow through to consumer prices.
$2B
Incremental capital investment to strengthen America’s supply chain.
$13-16M
Estimated lifetime compensation and benefits over a 40-year career for employees who are unionized.
GOOD FOR AMERICA
Strengthening America’s supply chain, reducing highway congestion and supporting economic growth.
- Removes ~2.1 million truckloads from U.S. highways annually, reducing pressure on the federal Highway Trust Fund.
- Rail remains the safest way to move freight over land — moving goods by rail is 15 times safer than trucks.
- Reduces nearly 3.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
GOOD FOR EMPLOYEES
Protecting existing jobs while creating additional employment opportunities through growth.
- More than 40,000 employees are eligible for the Jobs for Life guarantee, with ~1,200 net new jobs added by Year 3 to handle new business.
- Rail careers offer an average annual compensation and benefits package of ~$160,000 — about 40% above the national industrial average.
- Employees average 13+ years of tenure — three times the U.S. average — and retirement income roughly twice that of the average Social Security recipient.
SOURCE: NATIONAL RAILWAY LABOR CONFERENCE
GOOD FOR CUSTOMERS
Strengthening supply chain resilience, competitiveness and freight mobility across the country.
- Transforms 10,000 existing lanes from interline to single-line service.
- Creates 88,000 new county-to-county lanes where shippers will have access to single-line rail service for the first time.
- Reduces inventory and equipment costs with faster transit times of 24-48 hours.
- Adds capacity for 1.6 million annual intermodal container loads through seven new intermodal lanes with seven-day-a-week service.