Union Pacific: The Year 2015 In Review

The year 2015 has been a fairly challenging one for Union Pacific, with significant top line pressure as a result of declining shipments and fuel surcharge revenue. Falling shipments of coal and frac sand have primarily been responsible for the decline in Union Pacific's shipment carloads. The decline in diesel prices as a result of weakening crude oil prices negatively impacted the company's fuel surcharge revenues as well. However, on the cost side, lower fuel prices helped Union Pacific lower...