April 11, 2025 | News, Top News, UP
The BLET Union Pacific-Southern Region General Committee of Adjustment (GCA) held a training session on March 25-26 in Burleson, Texas, for recently elected or newly appointed Local Chairmen. The session was specifically designed for those taking office for the first...
March 17, 2025 | Headlines, Mexico, STB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, March 14, 2025) The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis issued a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Green Eagle Railroad’s proposed construction and operation of a 1.3-mile rail line and border crossing in Eagle...
February 26, 2025 | BNSF, Headlines, Mexico, Railroad Security, Train Length, UP
(Source: Associated Press, February 24, 2025) In a Jan. 13 robbery, suspects cut an air brake hose on a BNSF freight train traveling through a remote section of Arizona and made off with more than 1,900 pairs of unreleased Nikes worth more than $440,000, according to...
January 30, 2025 | Headlines, Quarterly Income, UP
(Source: Union Pacific press release, January 23, 2025) On January 23, 2025, Union Pacific Corporation reported 2024 fourth quarter net income of $1.8 billion, or $2.91 per diluted share. These results include $40 million of labor expense related to the ratification...
January 10, 2025 | Fatality, Headlines, UP
(Source: News West 9, January 10, 2024) A ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 19 will honor the Union Pacific workers who died in the Dec. 18, 2024 Pecos, Texas train derailment. The ceremony will take place at the West of the Pecos Museum at 4 p.m. Sull story:...
January 9, 2025 | Fatality, Headlines, UP
(Source: Associated Press, December 19, 2024) Eddie Hall, national president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen union that represents engineers, said in a statement that the derailment is “a reminder that much more needs to be done to make...
December 20, 2024 | Derailment, Fatality, News, Railroad Safety, SLB Elections, Top News, UP
Locomotive engineer Clay Burt, a member of BLET Division 212 in Sweetwater, Texas, was severely injured and passed away shortly after arriving at the hospital. Images: courtesy of Reeves County Texas ____________________ Two Union Pacific train crew members were...
December 17, 2024 | Amtrak, BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Trains.com, December 17, 2024) Railroads appear to have the manpower resources they need to handle volume growth as we head into the New Year. Three of the country’s six Class I railroads have more train and engine (T&E) employees than they did a year...
December 16, 2024 | BNSF, Coal, Headlines, UP
(Source: Trains.com, December 16, 2024) Wyoming and Montana filed a federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) decision to end coal-mining leases in the Powder River Basin, which is the main source of coal hauled by BNSF Railway and...
December 13, 2024 | Headlines, Technology, UP
(Source: Trains.com, December 13, 2024) Artificial intelligence is weaving itself into the daily operations of big U.S. railroads, helping managers make data-backed decisions about operating plans and identify trends among virtually any t process. Full story:...
