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Keith Schoonmaker
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Union Pacific Reports Solid 61.7% Operating Ratio; New Operating Plan Comes With No New Guidance

Union Pacific increased third-quarter EPS by 43%, but what's more important to the stock price is management commentary on implementing precision scheduled railroading. Investors have been clamoring for PSR at all railroads not using it after the late Hunter Harrison developed and deployed it in four tremendous rail turnarounds. During the past few quarters, we’d say any executive team that does not swear some allegiance to PSR invites an activist to campaign for its ouster. We were not impresse...
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Union Pacific Corporation

Union Pacific, through its operating subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad Company, is a Class I railroad operating in the United States. The company's network included route miles, linking Pacific Coast and Gulf Coast ports with the Midwest and eastern United States. gateways and providing several corridors to key Mexican gateways. The company serves the western two-thirds of the country and maintains coordinated schedules with other rail carriers for the handling of freight to and from the Atlantic Coast, the Pacific Coast, the Southeast, the Southwest, Canada, and Mexico. The company's business mix includes agricultural products, energy, industrial, and premium.

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Keith Schoonmaker

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