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• Railroads provide the safest, most fuel effi cient and environmentally responsible mode of ground freight transportation. • While railroads move 43 percent of all freight ton-miles, railroads consume only 5 percent of freight energy. • Union Pacifi c can move one ton of freight nearly 471 miles on a single gallon of diesel fuel and is constantly working to develop Shipping in the I-5 Corridor new technology to improve fuel effi ciency. • Freight trains are four times more fuel effi cient than trucks and generate a carbon footprint that is, on average, 75 percent less than trucks. Greater effi ciency, broader market reach with Union Pacifi c Investing in Green Technology

• Union Pacifi c operates ’s cleanest and most modern fl eet. • Since 2000, Union Pacifi c has spent approximately $6.5 billion to purchase more than 3,500 that meet EPA Tier 0, Tier 1 or Tier 2 guidelines. • Union Pacifi c pioneered the technology that created a low-emissions switch locomotive, the “Genset Switcher.” It has reduced emissions of oxides of nitrogen up to 80 percent and particulate matter by 90 percent while using as much as 37 percent less fuel compared to older switching locomotives.

www.up.com August 2014 Williams Traffi c must move between Northern and Lake Improved Shipping in the I-5 Corridor Red Deer Southern territories. These include: Golden Northern Territory

If you ship commodities through the I-5 corridor, Union Pacifi c can transport them effi ciently and to a broader geography — Kamloops Exshaw • WA, Northern ID, Western MT offering you single line pricing, expanded market reach and a better alternative to your current shipping options. Calgary • Portions of OR (North of Portland) Kelowna • BC, AB & SK (excludes Portland area)

Ft. Ft. Medicine Steele Macleod Hat I-5 Proportional Rate Agreement — More Options, Better Service Lethbridge SK Nelson Southern Territory Vancouver Trail Island Salmo ALBERTA The I-5 Proportional Rate Agreement was established in 1997 to allow Union Pacifi c to compete with BNSF for traffi c moving Cherry • AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, UT, portions of OR Point Sumas Waneta Metaline Eastport Sweet Falls Grass Havre (south of Portland)

between the Pacifi c Northwest/ and the Southwest/Mexico. The agreement allows Union Pacifi c to unilaterally establish POVA Columbia Kettle Falls KFR Bellingham Priest Falls River Newport and portions of TX (west of Monahans rates between these points, skipping the concurrence process. As a result, shippers get rates quickly and have more options for Everett Union Pacific CSCD Kalispell BNSF and Sanderson) Spokane shipping product farther and faster throughout the I-5 corridor. Puget EWG Post Other Railroads Pacific Sound Falls Ocean Shelton • Mexico interchanges with FXE at Calexico, WIR Northern Region

Tacoma M CM R CBRW STM L Southern Region Nogales and El Paso TE CMER BLM A Hoquiam Aberdeen R O/D Areas Benefi ts: Bruce Missoula Schilling Bonner Helena Included Stations Astoria CLC CWA

• Greater options for competitive pricing in the West PNWR MR Union Pacifi c can interchange with all

L MRL Excluded Stations Finley BLMR Roosevelt • Access to Union Pacifi c’s unmatched service to consumption markets LINC BNSF BLMR railroads including short lines and the FXE. Camas Goldendale Billings • Access to markets in the Pacifi c Northwest, British Columbia, Alberta and PNBR RAR MRL

PNBR MH Butte POTB INPR Portland The Laurel MWRL • Increased market coverage for shippers and receivers PRR Dalles W R WPRR W R VR

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Northern Region Detail Greater Access in the I-5 Corridor Union Pacifi c’s infrastructure stretches from points in Oregon, Vancouver

Washington, Idaho and Western Montana in the Pacifi c Northwest Battle Ground Seamless Shipping

WASHINGTON OREGON to many points throughout the Southwest. Scappoose Plants, auto ramps, team tracks, port facilities, storage facilities Seattle Sweet Holbrook C and intermodal/transload facilities (unless located within 75 Havre o l Grass u

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By taking advantage of interchange points with the Canadian SAUVIE b miles of a Union Pacifi c facility) are all eligible to ship in the ISLAND ia R Rye i Portland v National, Canadian Pacifi c and of British e I-5 corridor. r WASHINGTON

Terminal 6 Columbia railroads, Union Pacifi c has access to British Columbia, S. Rivergate Vancouver Billings N. Rivergate Alberta and Saskatchewan as well. Bowers Jct. Terminal 5 All rail cars shipped in the I-5 are physically routed over Terminal 4 N. Portland Jct. St. Johns Peninsula Jct.Col Camas um Portland, Oregon. Bendemeer bia R Kenton ive Willbridge r The I-5 Proportional Rate Agreement also allows Union Pacifi c Fir Albina Lake Yard to offer competitive pricing for BNSF Railway locations north of Rockwood In areas where the Proportional Rate Agreement applies,

Hillsboro Union Graham Troutdale Sandy StationWill East Portland S Salt Lake Portland, Oregon, including customers in Washington, Northern an rates can be quoted for all car types and all commodities. a dy m Ri Oakland Beaverton Portland v City St. Marys e er t Brooklyn

t Idaho, Western Montana and the Vancouver, B.C., area. e Your shipment process doesn’t change. You will order and bill Rive Exclusion

r cars the same way you do today. Milwaukie Tigard Union Pacifi c can ship to and from BNSF connections including OREGON Cook Lake Oswego Clackamas short lines, handling carriers, line-haul (Central Montana Rail) and Clac Tualatin kam as River Tu Canadian railroads. ala Los tinR iv Angeles er Calexico Oregon City Union Pacific Union Pacific Shipping Territory BNSF Other Railroads El Wilsonville BNSF Newburg Portland Exclusion Paso W Northern Region illa Northern Region Under the I-5 Proportional Rate Agreement, Union Pacifi c is able to mette River Nogales Monahans Southern Region Southern Region quote the following prices: Canby Canadian O/D Areas Sanderson Included Stations Learn More • Southbound from BNSF origins to Union Pacifi c destinations in Portland Detail Excluded Stations the Southwest For additional information on shipping with Union Pacifi c Note: Shipments must move over Portland, Oregon. • Northbound from Union Pacifi c origins in the Southwest to BNSF throughout the I-5 corridor, contact your Union Pacifi c The Proportional Rate Agreement does not apply to I-5 Region destinations in the Northwest sales representative or visit www.up.com. shipments with Portland as an origin or destination. • To and from BNSF interchange points with Canadian railroads