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UP earns GM ‘Mark of Excellence’ award
OMAHA -- Union Pacific Railroad has earned the 2001 General Motors Mark of Excellence Award based on outstanding service performance and use of technology, the railroad reported in a press release. “We have built the best automotive distribution network in North...
Teamsters’ strike at Overnite now in 27th month
WASHINGTON -- Yesterday marked the 27th month of the unfair labor practice strike against Overnite Transportation Company, the trucking subsidiary of Union Pacific Corporation, according to a Teamster press release. The workers began the strike in Memphis on October...
Flight attendants: Cabin checks not enough
WASHINGTON -- At least once a day, Atlantic Southeast Airlines flight attendant Brandie Cartwright searches the cabin to make sure there are no weapons or bombs, according to a wire service. She says she doesn't have enough time to do the job, nor enough training to...
U.K. commuters endure more rail misery
LONDON -- Thousands of rail users are enduring a second day of travel misery due to strikes by train guards in a row over pay, BBC News reports. Arriva Trains Northern has cancelled most of its services for the second successive day as members of the Rail Maritime and...
Empty train derails near Bourbon
ST. LOUIS -- Crews were picking up the pieces Monday after an early morning freight train derailment near Bourbon, about 65 miles southwest of St. Louis, according to a wire service report. Twenty cars of a 110-car train jumped the tracks on the Burlington Northern...
Questions remain in wake of Minot wreck
MINOT, N.D. -- More than a dozen Minot Police Department employees and several firefighters were exposed to anhydrous ammonia while performing their duties during the disaster, the Minot Daily News reports. Fire chief Harold Haugstad said none of his firefighters went...
Norfolk Southern beats expectations
NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corp. (news/quote) said Wednesday that cost control measures helped its fourth-quarter and yearly earnings beat Wall Street expectations despite the slow economy, a wire service reports. The holding company, which owns the Norfolk...
Union Pacific fourth-quarter profits rise
OMAHA, Nebraska -- Union Pacific Corp., North America's biggest railroad operator, said on Thursday that fourth-quarter profits rose amid a strong pickup in coal shipments, a wire service reports. The Omaha, Nebraska, firm, which also owns a trucking company, said in...
Union Pacific 4th-quarter profits jump 20 pct
MIAMI -- Union Pacific Corp., North America's biggest railroad operator, said on Thursday that fourth-quarter profits shot up 20 percent amid a strong pickup in coal shipments, a wire service reports. The Omaha, Nebraska, firm, which also owns a trucking operation,...
CN Rail aims for 5 to 10 percent profit growth in 2002
MONTREAL -- According to a wire service, Canadian National Railway Co. could see profit growth fall to between 5 and 10 percent this year from the robust 12 percent growth in 2001 because of the uncertain economy, company chief financial officer Claude Mongeau said on...
