Cornhusker State’s Past and Future Steeped in Freight Rail
Home to Union Pacific Railroad headquarters and steeped in rail history, Nebraska is a state with a deep appreciation for the many public benefits of freight rail. The freight rail network provides a major advantage to companies that locate in Nebraska, enabling strategic supply chain delivery via direct mid-continent routes.
Nebraska's nine freight railroads operate over 3,062 miles of track and employ 10,214 in the Cornhusker State.* It would have taken approximately 21 million additional truckloads to move the 377.1 million tons of freight that moved by rail in Nebraska in 2019. Farm products make up the majority of freight rail shipments beginning in Nebraska. Coal is the largest rail import to the state.
*2019 data
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44 percent
decrease
in rail rates on average from 1981 to today.
That means the average rail customer today can ship significantly more freight for about the same price they paid 40 years ago.
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