UNION PACIFIC CORP
DEFA14A, 1994-11-10
RAILROADS, LINE-HAUL OPERATING
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                  SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

     Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities
                    Exchange Act of 1934

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Filed by a Party other than the Registrant    (X)

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                   Santa Fe Pacific Corporation    
        Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter

                   Union Pacific Corporation   
        (Names of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement)

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      14a-6(i)(2).

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      (1)  Amount Previously Paid:  $125 on October 13, 1994
      (2)  Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: Schedule 14A
      (3)  Filing Party: Same as above
      (4)  Date Filed: October 13, 1994
     


                   To All Santa Fe Pacific Shareholders:
                   CASH + VOTING TRUST = FAST TRACK DEAL

                         It's A Whole New Equation

 Union Pacific Corporation wants to acquire all shares of Santa Fe Pacific
 common stock -- and we want to do it as soon as possible.  We want no
 delays and no risks for you in connection with approval of a Union
 Pacific/Santa Fe combination by the Interstate Commerce Commission.*
 So we've entirely revised our proposal to negotiate an acquisition of
 Santa Fe.  Here's what we've proposed to do:

 * Purchase approximately 57% of       * Set up a Voting Trust in which
   all shares of Santa Fe common         we would place all shares of
   stock in a cash tender offer          Santa Fe common stock acquired
   at $17.50 per share.  The cash        by Union Pacific -- whether in
   tender offer has already              the cash tender offer or second-
   begun.                                step merger.  This means you do
                                         not have to wait for or bear the
 * Acquire the remaining shares          risk of ICC approval in order to
   of Santa Fe common stock in a         receive payment for your Santa
   second-step merger in exchange        Fe shares.*
   for shares of Union Pacific
   common stock.  Based on Union       * Enter into immediate merger
   Pacific's closing market price        negotiations with Santa Fe's
   on November 8 (the last               board of directors.  Towards
   trading day before our revised        this end, we are sending Santa
   proposal was publicly                 Fe a proposed form of Merger
   announced), the value of the          Agreement.
   consideration in the second-
   step merger would be
   equivalent to the tender offer
   price.

 Union Pacific's revised proposal and the cash tender offer are
 conditioned on the Burlington Northern merger not being approved by Santa
 Fe shareholders and on Santa Fe and Union Pacific entering into a
 negotiated Merger Agreement.  If Santa Fe shareholders approve the
 Burlington Northern merger, Union Pacific will withdraw its proposal and
 terminate the cash tender offer.

                        Here's How Fast It Could Go

 The sooner your board of directors begins good faith negotiations with
 Union Pacific, the sooner you could receive payment for your Santa
  Fe shares.  In order to move things along even more quickly, we've
 eliminated our due diligence condition and our proposal is not subject to
 a financing condition.  If Santa Fe shareholders vote AGAINST the
 Burlington Northern merger and Santa Fe enters into a Merger Agreement
 with Union Pacific:

 * You could receive $17.50 per        * You could receive the merger
   share in cash for                     consideration for your remaining
   approximately 57% of your             shares just a few months later.
   shares before the end of next
   month pursuant to the terms
   and conditions of Union
   Pacific's cash tender offer.

 Remember, under the Burlington Northern meger, you -- as a Santa Fe
 shareholder -- bear the entire risk of ICC approval, and even if ICC
 approval is obtained you  may have to wait from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 years
 before you receive anything for your shares from Burlington Northern.

             Send a message to the Santa Fe board of directors
  By voting against the Burlington Northern merger, you can tell the Santa Fe
                 board to come to the negotiating table now.
             Please sign, date and return the GOLD proxy today.

                          Put it on the fast track
                               Union Pacific
                                Corporation
 November 10, 1994
 If you need assistance or information, please call our solicitor:  Morrow
 & Co., Inc. at (800) 662-5200.
 Union Pacific's revised proposal is subject, among other things, to
 termination of the Burlington Northern/Santa Fe merger agreement in
 accordance with its terms, negotiation of a mutually satisfactory merger
 agreeement with Santa Fe in accordance with the terms of Santa Fe's
 existing merger agreement with Burlington Northern and approval of the
 respective Boards of Directors of Santa Fe and Union Pacific.  A vote of
 stockholders of Santa Fe and Union Pacific is not required in order to
 consummate the cash tender offer.  Approval of Santa Fe stockholders (but
 not Union Pacific stockholders) is required in order to consummate the
 second-step merger.  The revised Union Pacific proposal is not subject to
 approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission (other than as referred to
 in the footnote appearing below), a due diligence condition or financing. 
 The Burlington Northern/Santa Fe merger agreement is subject to approval
 of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the respective stockholders of
 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe.  Because of fluctuations in the market
 value of Union Pacific common stock and Burlington Northern common stock,
 there can be no assurances as to the actual value that Santa Fe
 stockholders would receive pursuant to the second-step merger
 contemplated by the revised Union Pacific proposal or the Santa
 Fe/Burlington Northern merger.
 This solicitation is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of
 offers to buy any securities which may be issued in any merger or similar
 business combination involving Union Pacific and Santa Fe.  The issuance
 of such securities would have to be registered under the Securities Act
 of 1933 and such securities would be offered only by means of a
 prospectus complying with the requirements of such Act.
 __________

 *  Union Pacific is requesting the Staff of the ICC to provide an informal,
 non-binding opinion to the effect that the ICC approves the use of a
 Voting Trust by Union Pacific without the imposition of any conditions
 unacceptable to Union Pacific.  Receipt of such opinion is a condition of
 Union Pacific's revised proposal and of the cash tender offer.  Union
 Pacific believes it will obtain such opinion from the Staff of the ICC.




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