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Union Pacific EVP exercises options
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 24.) NEW YORK — John Koraleski, executive vice president of marketing and sales for rail and freight company Union Pacific Corp., exercised options on 200 shares, and sold 20,286 shares the same day under a...
Ark. fines UP $2,5000 for blocked crossings
(The following Associated Press appeared on the KAIT8.com website on May 24.) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Two trains that blocked five separate street crossings in West Memphis for two hours will cost the Union Pacific Railroad $2,500 in fines. The state Highway Commission...
GE unveils first hybrid road locomotive
(GE issued the following press release on May 23.) LOS ANGELES — GE today announced the debut of its one-of-a-kind hybrid road locomotive at its Ecomagination event in Los Angeles. GE’s Evolution® Hybrid locomotive will be unveiled tomorrow, May 24, at LA’s historic...
UP reports progress in reducing L.A. emissions
(Union Pacific issued the following on May 24.) LOS ANGELES — Union Pacific today reported a significant milestone in its efforts to reduce air emissions from its operations in the Los Angeles area. Over the last seven years, UP has reduced overall emissions in its...
Ga. transportation officials weigh future of commuter rail
(The following story by Vicky Eckenrode appeared on the Savannah Morning News website on May 24.) ATLANTA — Once again, the beleaguered effort to get commuter trains running in Georgia could be tracking toward a setback. The state Transportation Board's committee that...
Amtrak ridership booming in Illinois
(The following story by John R. Pulliam appeared on The Register-Mail website on May 23.) GALESBURG, Ill. — Amtrak officials credit a 30 percent increase in ridership on trains in the Chicago-Galesburg-Quincy corridor in part to the new Carl Sandburg state-supported...
Calif. study finds higher cancer risk near rail yards
(The following story by David Danelski appeared on The Press-Enterprise website on May 24.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Diesel pollution from Southern California rail yards can significantly increase cancer risks among people who live nearby, according to state findings...
TCRC pickets at CP’s Pitt Meadows yard
(The following story by Phil Melnychuk appeared on the Maple Ridge News website on May 23.) MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. — CP Rail says striking workers are impeding truck traffic at the intermodal yards in Pitt Meadows, but the workers say they aren't. If the two sides can ever...
CP Rail, workers face off in court
(The following story by Dina O’Meara appeared on the Chronicle Herald website on May 24.) CALGARY — Lawyers for Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and its striking maintenance workers faced off in a Calgary courtroom Wednesday, as the company sought to shut down some...
UP employee seriously hurt by passing train
(The following report appeared on the News-Gazette website on May 23.) TUSCOLA, Ill. — A railroad employee was listed in critical condition this morning after a railroad accident in Tuscola on Monday. According to James Barnes, director of media information for the...
