1 EXHIBIT 24 UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION Powers of Attorney The undersigned, a director of Union Pacific Corporation, a Utah corporation (the "Company"), hereby appoints each of L. White Matthews, III, Carl W. von Bernuth, Richard J. Ressler and Thomas E. Whitaker his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, to sign on his behalf the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. /s/Philip F. Anschutz --------------------- Philip F. Anschutz The undersigned, a director of Union Pacific Corporation, a Utah corporation (the "Company"), hereby appoints each of L. White Matthews, III, Carl W. von Bernuth, Richard J. Ressler and Thomas E. Whitaker his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, to sign on his behalf the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. /s/ ROBERT P. BAUMAN -------------------- Robert P. Bauman The undersigned, a director of Union Pacific Corporation, a Utah corporation (the "Company"), hereby appoints each of L. White Matthews, III, Carl W. von Bernuth, Richard J. Ressler and Thomas E. Whitaker his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, to sign on his behalf the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. /s/ RICHARD B. CHENEY --------------------- Richard B. Cheney The undersigned, a director of Union Pacific Corporation, a Utah corporation (the "Company"), hereby appoints each of L. White Matthews, III, Carl W. von Bernuth, Richard J. Ressler and Thomas E. Whitaker his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, to sign on his behalf the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. /s/ E. VIRGIL CONWAY -------------------- E. Virgil Conway 2 The undersigned, a director of Union Pacific Corporation, a Utah corporation (the "Company"), hereby appoints each of L. White Matthews, III, Carl W. von Bernuth, Richard J. Ressler and Thomas E. Whitaker his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, to sign on his behalf the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. /s/ SPENCER F. ECCLES --------------------- Spencer F. Eccles The undersigned, a director of Union Pacific Corporation, a Utah corporation (the "Company"), hereby appoints each of L. White Matthews, III, Carl W. von Bernuth, Richard J. Ressler and Thomas E. Whitaker his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, to sign on his behalf the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. /s/ ELBRIDGE T. GERRY, JR. -------------------------- Elbridge T. Gerry, Jr. The undersigned, a director of Union Pacific Corporation, a Utah corporation (the "Company"), hereby appoints each of L. White Matthews, III, Carl W. von Bernuth, Richard J. Ressler and Thomas E. Whitaker his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, to sign on his behalf the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. /s/ WILLIAM H. GRAY, III ------------------------ William H. Gray, III The undersigned, a director of Union Pacific Corporation, a Utah corporation (the "Company"), hereby appoints each of L. White Matthews, III, Carl W. von Bernuth, Richard J. Ressler and Thomas E. Whitaker her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, to sign on her behalf the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. /s/ JUDITH RICHARDS HOPE ------------------------ Judith Richards Hope 3 The undersigned, a director of Union Pacific Corporation, a Utah corporation (the "Company"), hereby appoints each of L. White Matthews, III, Carl W. von Bernuth, Richard J. Ressler and Thomas E. Whitaker his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, to sign on his behalf the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. /s/ RICHARD J. MAHONEY ---------------------- Richard J. Mahoney The undersigned, a director of Union Pacific Corporation, a Utah corporation (the "Company"), hereby appoints each of L. White Matthews, III, Carl W. von Bernuth, Richard J. Ressler and Thomas E. Whitaker his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, to sign on his behalf the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. /s/ JOHN R. MEYER ----------------- John R. Meyer The undersigned, a director of Union Pacific Corporation, a Utah corporation (the "Company"), hereby appoints each of L. White Matthews, III, Carl W. von Bernuth, Richard J. Ressler and Thomas E. Whitaker his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, to sign on his behalf the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. /s/ THOMAS A. REYNOLDS, JR. --------------------------- Thomas A. Reynolds, Jr. The undersigned, a director of Union Pacific Corporation, a Utah corporation (the "Company"), hereby appoints each of L. White Matthews, III, Carl W. von Bernuth, Richard J. Ressler and Thomas E. Whitaker his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, to sign on his behalf the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. /s/ JAMES D. ROBINSON, III -------------------------- James D. Robinson, III The undersigned, a director of Union Pacific Corporation, a Utah corporation (the "Company"), hereby appoints each of L. White Matthews, III, Carl W. von Bernuth, Richard J. Ressler and Thomas E. Whitaker his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, to sign on his behalf the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. /s/ RICHARD D. SIMMONS ---------------------- Richard D. Simmons