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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Operating Activities    
Net income $ 1,151us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 1,088us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:    
Depreciation 491us-gaap_Depreciation 464us-gaap_Depreciation
Deferred income taxes and unrecognized tax benefits 108unp_DeferredIncomeTaxesAndUnrecognizedTaxBenefits 75unp_DeferredIncomeTaxesAndUnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Other operating activities, net 32us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingCapitalNet (57)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingCapitalNet
Changes in current assets and liabilities:    
Accounts receivable, net 47us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable (128)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable
Materials and supplies (32)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInMaterialsAndSupplies (52)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInMaterialsAndSupplies
Other current assets (75)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherCurrentAssets (93)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherCurrentAssets
Accounts payable and other current liabilities (155)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilities 84us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilities
Income and other taxes 497us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedTaxesPayable 386us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedTaxesPayable
Cash provided by operating activities 2,064us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations 1,767us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Investing Activities    
Capital investments (1,101)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment (893)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
Proceeds from asset sales 32us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfPropertyPlantAndEquipment 27us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Other investing activities, net (73)us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities (39)us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities
Cash used in investing activities (1,142)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations (905)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Financing Activities    
Debt issued (Note 15) 1,146us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt 995us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt
Dividends paid (Note 13) (922)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends (363)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends
Common share repurchases (Note 18) (792)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock (644)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock
Debt repaid (333)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations (402)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
Other financing activities, net (20)us-gaap_ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities (23)us-gaap_ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities
Cash used in financing activities (921)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations (437)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Net change in cash and cash equivalents 1us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease 425us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 1,586us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 1,432us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 1,587us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 1,857us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Non-cash investing and financing activities:    
Capital investments accrued but not yet paid 146us-gaap_CapitalExpendituresIncurredButNotYetPaid 109us-gaap_CapitalExpendituresIncurredButNotYetPaid
Common shares repurchased but not yet paid 15unp_RepurchaseOfCommonStockNotYetPaid 39unp_RepurchaseOfCommonStockNotYetPaid
Cash dividends declared but not yet paid (Note 13)   407us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrent
Cash paid for:    
Income taxes, net of refunds (47)us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet (146)us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet
Interest, net of amounts capitalized $ (192)us-gaap_InterestPaidNet $ (178)us-gaap_InterestPaidNet