Today’s trains are clean, green and the most environmentally friendly way to move freight. On average, trains are four times more fuel efficient than trucks. Besides being a more economical option, they also help reduce pollution, lower greenhouse gas emissions and fight highway gridlock.

1. Environmentally Conscious
Auto Shippers Use Rail To
Reduce Their Carbon Footprint
October 25, 2010

2. A Union Pacific Company
Cleaner Than You Think
• If your image of a freight train is a rusty, dilapidated string
of freight, coal and flat cars being pulled over a rickety
patchwork of rails by a steam-powered, smoke-belching
and soot-spewing iron horse, you’re in for a rude
awakening.
• Operating on a network of more than 140,000 miles of rail
spanning from coast to coast, today’s trains are clean,
green and the most environmentally friendly way to move
freight. On average, trains are four times more fuel efficient
than trucks. Besides being a more economical option, they
also help reduce pollution, lower greenhouse gas
emissions and fight highway gridlock.

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Four Times More Fuel Efficient
• According to the Federal Railroad
Administration, depending on the
commodity carried and the length of
the haul, trains are up to four times
more fuel efficient than trucks.
Depending on the vehicle model,
automotive railcars carry up to 50
percent more cars than a truck
transporter, meaning more efficient
shipping and reduced costs. For
long distance shipments over 500
miles, transporting a car by train can
save auto shippers 15-30 percent in
freight charges compared to direct
truck.

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New Fuel-Saving & Environmentally-
Friendly Technologies
• More and more auto dealers are beginning to recognize the
efficiency of rail transportation.
• Railroads are constantly piloting new, fuel-saving and
environmentally-friendly technologies.
• Over the past decade they’ve replaced thousands of older
locomotives with new, energy-efficient diesel-electrics,
hybrids and Gensets (Generator-Set switchers pioneered
by Union Pacific) which have several independent engines
that can turn on and off depending on the need.
– Railroads also continue to introduce innovative new technologies
such as intelligent computer systems that calculate the most fuel
efficient speed for a train and advanced emission control systems
that capture and treat diesel-related emissions before they can be
released into the air.

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Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Auto dealers who are concerned about their “carbon footprint”
should consider rail for their next long distance auto shipment.
Because greenhouse gas emissions are directly related to fuel
consumption, moving freight by train instead of by truck reduces
greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 75 percent. If just 10
percent of long-distance freight now moved by truck was moved
by train instead, annual greenhouse gas emissions could be
reduced by as much as 12 million tons.
• That’s equivalent to taking 2 million cars off the road or planting
280 million trees. The American Association of Railroads provides
a carbon calculator that estimates the amount of C02 that auto
dealers can prevent from entering the environment by switching
to rail. In comparison, they’ll show you how many trees would
need to be planted to have the same effect.

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Less Highway Gridlock
• A single freight train can carry
the load of 280 or more
trucks. That’s equivalent to
taking more than 1,100 cars
off our already overcrowded
highways. In addition to
reducing gridlock, shifting
freight from trucks to rail
reduces the pressure to build
costly new roads and also
helps cut the cost of
maintaining the roads we
already have.

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Investing in America
• Freight railroads have invested more than $440 billion since 1980 to
maintain and improve their tracks, bridges, tunnels, locomotives,
freight cars and other infrastructure and equipment. They’re currently
funding research at major universities to make rail freight more
efficient through the use of biofuels and replacing diesel power plants
with fuel cells, and investigating ways to incorporate new and exotic
materials to make locomotive components tougher, more efficient and
more aerodynamic.
• Auto manufacturers already know that the secret to economical and
environmentally-friendly auto transport lies with the nation’s railroads.
Over 70 percent of all new vehicles sold in the U.S. move to market
safely transported in fully enclosed railcars. As more auto dealers
expand their used car trading zones using the internet, long distance
rail transport will help them save money and save the environment at
the same time.

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Investing in America cont.
• The health of the U.S.
economy rides heavily on the
rail freight industry. As
today’s railroads continue to
become cleaner, greener and
more environmentally-
friendly, rail is becoming an
even smarter choice for
America, now and in the
future.

9. A Union Pacific Company
About
• We are a Union Pacific Company
– Trusted name & leader in transportation
– Delivering over 6 million cars annually
• We deliver autos nationwide
– Speedy truck delivery
– Economical and green rail options
• We make it easy to ship cars!
– Easy-to-use, no hassle, online
– One call, we do it all 1-866-207-3360
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