Union Pacific Corporation announced that Brian Barr has been appointed Senior Vice President of Transportation, effective April 15th. In this role, Barr will report to Eric Gehringer, Executive Vice President of Operations, and will be responsible for overseeing transportation operations for Union Pacific. Barr is a seasoned railroad executive with over 25 years of experience at CSX.

He most recently served as CSX's Senior Vice President of Network Planning and Services where he was responsible for overseeing the company's network operations, network systems and services, and intermodal operations functions. Barr joined CSX in 1998 and has served in multiple roles, including as Senior Vice President of Operations North, where he led the coordination of transportation, mechanical, engineering, safety and various support functions across the region, Senior Vice President of Engineering and Mechanical, overseeing engineering and mechanical functions at the system level, and President of Mechanical, responsible for maintaining and improving locomotive reliability and rail car availability, with an emphasis on safety. Barr has extensive field experience having served as Division Manager and Plant Manager, among other positions.

Mr. Barr graduated from Bellevue University with a bachelor's degree in business administration.