Operator
Greetings, and welcome to the Union Pacific First Quarter 2021 Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] And the slides for today s presentation are available on Union Pacific s website.
It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Mr. Lance Fritz, Chairman, President and CEO for Union Pacific. Thank you, Mr. Fritz, you may begin.
Lance M. Fritz
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Thank you, and good morning, everybody, and welcome to Union Pacific s first quarter earnings conference call. With me today in Omaha are Eric Gehringer, Executive Vice President of Operations; Kenny Rocker, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Sales; and Jennifer Hamann, our Chief Financial Officer. Before discussing first quarter results, I want to recognize our employees for their work during the major winter events we experienced in February and early March. Many of the communities we serve faced unprecedented weather conditions that damaged factories and made surface t