Omaha (UP HQ / Bakken Grain Yard)
Major rail hub / inland gateway · Omaha, NE · Class I service: UP, BNSF
Union Pacific corporate headquarters. Major grain and Bakken-related yard activity. UP Council Bluffs Yard sits across the Missouri River and handles classification for the central corridor. Gateway between Midwestern grain belt and the Western network.
Commodities through this hub
- Corn by rail — Covered hopper, 100–110 tons/car
- Wheat by rail — Covered hopper, 100–112 tons/car
- Soybeans by rail — Covered hopper, 100–110 tons/car
- DDGS (Distillers Dried Grains) by rail — Covered hopper, 95–105 tons/car
- Soybean Meal by rail — Covered hopper, 95–105 tons/car
- Ethanol by rail — DOT-117 tank car, 85–95 tons/car
See it on the map
This hub is one of 66 plotted on the interactive North American Commodity Flow Map — origins, ports, gateways and border crossings with their serving railroads.
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