<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000100885-16-000463.txt : 20161202
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20161202101751
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000100885-16-000463
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20161201
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161202
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161202

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			UNION PACIFIC CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000100885
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RAILROADS, LINE-HAUL OPERATING [4011]
		IRS NUMBER:				132626465
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			UT
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1119

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1400 DOUGLAS STREET
		STREET 2:		STOP 0310
		CITY:			OMAHA
		STATE:			NE
		ZIP:			68179
		BUSINESS PHONE:		402 544 5214

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1400 DOUGLAS STREET
		STREET 2:		STOP 0310
		CITY:			OMAHA
		STATE:			NE
		ZIP:			68179

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Whited Elizabeth F
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001690609

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06075
		FILM NUMBER:		162030041

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1400 DOUGLAS ST
		CITY:			OMAHA
		STATE:			NE
		ZIP:			68179
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SECTION 16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT I, Elizabeth F. Whited,
EVP and Chief Marketing Officer of Union Pacific Railroad
Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), do hereby
appoint Diane K. Duren, James J. Theisen, Jr., Heather A. Fredrick,
Trevor L. Kingston and Nicole M. Deardorff, and each of them acting
individually, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, each with
power to act without the other in full power of substitution,
to execute, deliver and file, for and on my behalf, and in my
name and in my capacity as an officer of the Company,
any and all Forms 3, Forms 4 or Forms 5 under Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and interpretations
promulgated thereunder, and any other documents in support thereof
or supplemental or amendatory thereto, with respect to the
ownership by or attributable to me, directly or indirectly,of
equity securities of the Company's parent company, Union Pacific
Corporation, a Utah corporation, or derivative securities
relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys and each
of them full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing whatsoever as such attorney or attorneys
may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent
of the foregoing as I might or could do personally or in my
capacity as an officer, hereby ratifying and confirming all
acts and things which such attorney or attorneys may do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of
November 18, 2016.


/s/ Elizabeth F. Whited
__________________________________
Elizabeth F. Whited

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