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Company can’t abandon Saratoga rail line
(The following story by Tom Mast appeared on the Casper Star-Tribune website on November 17.) CASPER, Wyo. -- The federal Surface Transportation Board has denied a railroad company's request to abandon a rail link between a closed sawmill in Saratoga and the Union...
State asks UP to control rail yard runoff
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 17.) LARAMIE, Wyo. -- The state Department of Environmental Quality is asking Union Pacific to control sediment runoff from its rail yard here. "It's getting into our streets where kids play and people...
Railroad cargo particularly vulnerable at Port of NY and NJ, official says
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Donna De La Cruz on November 16.) WASHINGTON -- More needs to be done to ensure cargo being brought into the United States on railroads is secure, a top Port Authority of New York and New Jersey official said...
Opinion: FRA bureaucrats finally forced to act
(The following editorial appeared on the San Antonio Express-News website on November 17.) SAN ANTONIO -- Angry Texans in Congress and local officials have prompted the Federal Railroad Administration to launch a regional compliance review of Union Pacific Railroad....
Rail safety measures ordered in Texas
(UPI circulated the following story on November 16.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Federal officials Tuesday gave the Union Pacific railroad a year to correct problems that have led to six derailments in the San Antonio area. The Federal Railroad Commission and San Antonio...
FRA promises San Antonio sweeping audit of Union Pacific
(The following article by Gary Martin was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on November 16.) WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators will conduct a sweeping review of Union Pacific railroad safety operations in South Texas following a series of incidents over a...
UP crashes lead to more inspectors
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Suzanne Gamboa on November 16.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Federal regulators added 10 inspectors in San Antonio in response to six area train accidents since May and gave Union Pacific Railroad another chance to...
FRA plans to step up Union Pacific safety checks
(The following article by Jenny Nordberg and Walt Bogdanich was posted on the New York Times website on November 16.) WASHINGTON -- The federal agency that regulates railroads is stepping up safety enforcement at the biggest railroad, Union Pacific, after a number of...
Opinion: Death toll for Union Pacific is on the rise
(The following column by Ken Rodriguez appeared on the San Antonio Express-News website on November 14.) SAN ANTONIO -- Someone dies in a Union Pacific train accident about every day and a half. That's about the safest thing you can say about America's largest...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on November 15.) ANIMATED VICTORY—More than 220 employees of DPS Film Roman in North Hollywood, Calif., voted Oct. 29 for a voice at work with the Animation Guild, Local 839, Theatrical Stage Employees. DPS produces animation for the...
