(Source: Bloomberg, May 5, 2014)
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corp., the railroad created with a stroke of Abraham Lincoln’s pen, is now tinkering with the next wave of transportation technology: drones. Equipped with a camera, the shoe-box-sized aircraft would be perfect for safety checks on Union Pacific’s 400 miles (640 kilometers) of bridges, Chief Executive Officer Jack Koraleski said. He and other senior managers saw their first demonstration of a helicopter-style drone on April 21.
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