January 25, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: L.A. Taco, January 19, 2022) LOS ANGELES — News organizations both locally and nationally have been covering the rise of cargo theft in LA.’s northeast train tracks in the past few days. However, one major development that may be directly correlated with the...
January 21, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: Los Angeles Times, January 20, 2022) LOS ANGELES — The viral images were shocking: railroad tracks in the heart of Los Angeles buried in a blizzard of debris, as scavengers picked at what was left behind by thieves who broke into cargo containers on idle...
January 21, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: Yahoo Finance, January 20, 2022) LOS ANGELES — Piles of looted packages littering Los Angeles’ tracks have become a testament to brazen train robberies, but according to Union Pacific Corp., the problem is under control. Full story: Yahoo...
January 21, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: Press release from the office of California Governor Gavin Newsom, January 20, 2022) LOS ANGELES — Governor Gavin Newsom today joined Union Pacific representatives, elected officials, law enforcement and Caltrans crews at the Union Pacific railroad in Los...
January 20, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 18, 2022) Union Pacific Railroad is stepping up efforts to address a spike in cargo thefts from its trains in Los Angeles. Full story: Progressive Railroading
January 20, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: CBS Los Angeles, January 18, 2022) LOS ANGELES — Clean-up crews found canvas portraits of a family of four, along with many other personal mementos, among the seemingly endless amounts of debris littered onto the railroads in East Los Angeles after...
January 14, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: CBS Los Angeles, January 13, 2022) LOS ANGELES — A section of the Union Pacific train tracks in downtown Los Angeles has been littered with thousands of shredded boxes, packages stolen from cargo containers that stop in the area to unload. Full story: CBS Los...
December 20, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train, Railroad Security
(Source: Department of Justice press release, Western District of Washington, December 17, 2021) SEATTLE — A 28-year-old Bellingham, Washington, woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 12 months and one day in prison and three years of...
December 13, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 3, 2021) The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) yesterday announced two new security directives and additional guidance for voluntary measures to strengthen cybersecurity across the transportation sector in response...
November 30, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 30, 2021) The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently appointed six new surface transportation industry leaders to serve on the Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee (STSAC). Full story: Progressive...
