October 5, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Trains.com, October 4, 2023) Canadian Pacific Kansas City has imposed an 8,500-foot train length restriction on the Meridian Speedway, the shortcut between the Southeast and Southwest that is a joint venture with Norfolk Southern. The move affects just one...
October 5, 2023 | Headlines, Lawsuit, UP
(Source: Associated Press, October 2, 2023) The federal government has joined more than a dozen former workers in suing Union Pacific over the way it used a vision test to disqualify workers the railroad believed were color blind. The lawsuit focuses on a vision test...
September 18, 2023 | News, Obituary, UP
Retired BLET General Chairman Dennis “Denny” E. Penning, who served the Union Pacific-Central Region GCA for many years, passed away on September 7, 2023. He was 75 years old. Brother Penning hired out on the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1967 and earned promotion to...
August 25, 2023 | News, UP
Photo by: Cory Rusch The major freight railroads say a disagreement over whether they will be allowed to discipline some workers has kept them from following through on the promise they made back in March to join the Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS)....
August 25, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Trains.com, August 24, 2023) Union Pacific furloughed 94 mechanical employees at shops across the system this week. Nearly two-thirds of the furloughs came from four locations: Kansas City, Mo.; Dolores, Calif.; North Platte, Neb.; and Pocatello, Idaho. The...
August 25, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, UP
(Source: Trains.com, August 21, 2023) Union Pacific’s contention that Kansas City Southern can’t haul grain from the Upper Midwest to the Gulf Coast using trackage rights south of Beaumont, Texas, is “revisionist history,” Canadian Pacific Kansas City has told federal...
August 25, 2023 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Trains.com, August 23, 2023) Union Pacific is now dealing with flooding along Texas’ Gulf Coast as a result of Tropical Storm Harold, adding to the issues it continues to address in Southern California from Tropical Storm Hilary. Full story:...
August 8, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: CBS Texas, August 6, 2023) First responders say the situation is “stable” after a train incident in Eastland County in which eight to 10 cars derailed and grassfires ignited Saturday afternoon. The Eastland Fire Department chief, Joe Williamson...
August 3, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, August 3, 2023) Freight rail stakeholders will be watching closely as Union Pacific’s incoming CEO Jim Vena takes over the company, especially given how labor and operational dynamics have changed over the last three years since the industry...
August 3, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, UP
(Source: Trains.com, August 3, 2023) Canadian Pacific Kansas City has asked federal regulators to prevent Union Pacific from blocking the movement of its grain trains to the ports of Houston and Galveston via trackage rights on UP via Beaumont, Texas. Full story:...
