Unión Pacífico

Unión Pacífico

A Unión Pacífico Santino Dávalos SD70 in 2007.
Overview
Main region(s)	Creeperopolis
Other region(s)	El Salvador State of the Church
Fleet size	3,342 locomotives 93,538 freight cars
Headquarters	1400 Calle Botín San Salvador, Creeperopolis
Reporting mark	UP (freight) UPP (passenger) UPM (military) UPPF (yard)
Dates of operation	1870–present (154 years ago)
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft. 8.5 in. (1,435 mm)
Previous gauge	3 ft. 6 in. (1,067 mm)
Other
Website	www.unionpacifico.org.cr

Union Pacific (Atlántidan Spanish: Unión Pacífico; Castillianan Spanish: Xunión Pacíficu; Creeperian Spanish: Unión Pacífico; Salvadoran Spanish: Unió Pacífic; reporting marks UP, UPP, UPM, UPPF) , officially the Union Pacific National Railroad Corporation (Atlántidan Spanish: Compañía Ferrocarril Unión Pacífico; Castillianan Spanish: Empressa Redecercaníes Xunión Pacíficu; Creeperian Spanish: Empressa Ferrocarril Unión Pacífico; Salvadoran Spanish: Empresa Ferrocarril Unió Pacífic) is a railroad company that operates over 3,000 locomotives across every department and client state of Creeperopolis. The railroad holds a monopoly on track rights in the country and is the largest railroad company on Sur. Unión Pacífico employs around 42,000 people and operates over 3,300 locomotives.

Unión Pacífico was founded in 1870 as the Central Creeperian Imperial Railroad (Creeperian Spanish: Ferrocarril Imperial Creeperiano Central) and operated solely in the departments of San Salvador, San Salvador del Norte and Zapatista. It acquired the Western Creeperian Imperial Railroad in 1904 after it filed for bankruptcy and was purchased by the railroad for 4.2 million pesos. The railroad was secured by the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council during the Creeperian Civil War from 1933 to 1949. Following the civil war, the railroad was merged with the Castillianan National Railroad, National Atlántidan Railroad, National Salvadoran Railroad, Northern Creeperian Imperial Railroad, Southern Creeperian Imperial Railroad, and the Western Creeperian Imperial Railroad to form the National Union Pacific Railroad (Creeperian Spanish: Ferrocarril Nacional Unión Pacífico) in 1952. The name was later officilly changed to the Union Pacific National Railroad Corporation in 1970. The railroad was called "Union Pacific" so symbolize the unification of the several railroads from multiple countries to form the railroad and the peace across the country that was established to allow for such a merger to occur.

In 1870, the railroad was established as a state-owned company. The Creeperian government managed the railroad until 1933 when it became managed by the Creeperian Armed Forces for the duration of the civil war until 1949. In 1952, the railroad returned mostly to government control, but the Armed Forces retained a 25% of the railroad's shares and retained track rights for certain stretches of tracks. In 1980, the Maroto Botín Aerospace Corporation purchased 5% of the railroad's shares and acquired some track rights between their areas of operation. In 2005, Ramón Cambeiro Muñoz purchased ownership of the railroad and 70% of its shares: 65% from the government and the 5% held by Maroto Botín. As of 2021, Cambeiro Muñoz is the railroad's owner and CEO and holds 70% of its shares, with the military holding 25%, and the government holding the final 5%.

Locomotives and rolling stock

Locomotive roster

Type	Quantity
GP25	162
GP30	173
GP35	111
GP40	140
GP45	93
GP50	88
GP55	84
GP60	194
SD40	505
SD50	85
SD60	560
SD70	321
SD80	445
SD90	371
SD1X	10

Rolling stock

As of 2018, the railway had more around 42,000 employees. It also owned 3,342 locomotives, 93,538 freight cars, and .

By specific kind of freight car, Unión Pacífico owns:

• 21,439 covered hopper cars
• 19,948 boxcars
• 15,348 flatcars
• 14,690 gondola cars
• 10,428 uncovered hopper cars
• 6,127 tank cars
• 2,696 refrigerated cars
• 2,122 centerbeam flatcars
• 416 autoracks
• 324 articulated well cars

By specific kind of passenger car, Unión Pacífico owns:

• 3,115 single deck cars
• 2,219 double decker cars
• 1,539 single deck sleeper cars
• 1,221 double deck sleeper cars
• 632 baggage cars
• 418 mail cars
• 24 heritage cabooses

Unión Pacífico also owns:

• 14,967 containers
• 4,070 service vehicles
• 2,202 trailers

Notable accidents

• 15 November 2007: a Unión Pacífico train carrying sugar derailed outside of Tuxtla Martínez, Zapatista, Creeperopolis. The train lost its brakes while descending a slope called the Cajon Pass and sped up to about 110 mph before derailing at a sharp curve. The crash destroyed 15 homes next to the tracks killing 3 railroad personnel and 9 residences. The crash is the worst freight derailment in Unión Pacífico history and one of the deadliest in Creeperian history.

See also

• List of Creeperian Companies