May 11, 2023 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, May 10, 2023) On April 16, 2023, about 6:44 p.m. local time, southbound Union Pacific Railroad (UP) train GSHFCC 15 collided with train UP RDACO 14 in Chico Yard in Chico, Texas.[1] GSHFCC 15, a loaded...
May 10, 2023 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 9, 2023) Union Pacific is in the final stage of modifying the paint scheme of its locomotive fleet. Full story: Trains Magazine
May 9, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, Mexico, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine analysis by Bill Stephens, May 8, 2023) Union Pacific’s decision to challenge the Surface Transportation Board’s approval of the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger is likely a last-ditch attempt to protect its cross-border traffic...
May 8, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, Lawsuit, STB, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, May 5, 2023) Union Pacific is asking a federal court of appeals to review the decision by the Surface Transportation Board to approve the merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern. UP had expressed concerns during STB hearings on...
May 8, 2023 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Associated Press, May 6, 2023) Kansas health officials have identified elevated levels of liver cancer among people living in several historically Black neighborhoods in Wichita where groundwater was polluted by a Union Pacific rail yard chemical spill....
May 3, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 2, 2023) Federal regulators will require BNSF Railway, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific to continue to provide biweekly service progress reports through the end of the year. Full story: Trains Magazine
May 3, 2023 | Canada, CN, CPKC, Headlines, Mexico, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 2, 2023) Canadian National, Union Pacific, and Ferromex have significantly tightened the schedules for the new intermodal service they will launch on May 15 to link Canada and Detroit with Mexico. Full story: Trains...
May 1, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Railway Age, April 28, 2023) Union Pacific (UP) on April 27 submitted a year-to-date progress report on embargoes, inventory management and system fluidity to the Surface Transportation Board (STB), which last year ordered the Class I to explain its...
April 28, 2023 | BNSF, CN, CP, CSX, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, KCS, NS, PSR, UP
(Source: Press release from the National Counsel for Occupational Safety and Health, April 26, 2023) The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) announced today the “Dirty Dozen” list of employers who put workers and communities at risk due...
April 26, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, Shippers, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 25, 2023) Knight-Swift will shift its U.S.-Mexico intermodal traffic from Union Pacific to CPKC’s new single-line route beginning in May. CPKC and Knight-Swift announced their multi-year agreement today, just four days after...
