January 17, 2023 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, January 13, 2023) A man from Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced Friday to 18 months in federal prison for calling in threats to Union Pacific’s headquarters and other locations in Omaha in April 2021. He first called Union Pacific and said a...
January 13, 2023 | News, UP
KANSAS CITY, Mo., January 13 — New Officers of the BLET National Division attended their first meeting with members on January 11, fulfilling President Eddie Hall’s commitment to engage more with the membership. He was joined by Vice President Rick Gibbons and Vice...
January 13, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine analysis by Bill Stephens, January 11, 2023) It’s fitting that Union Pacific’s logo is a shield. The beleaguered railroad needs one given the barrage of arrows coming its way. UP has a long list of problems, many of them self-inflicted as a...
January 13, 2023 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 12, 2023) The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a lower-court ruling that Union Pacific is no longer bound by a contract requiring it to maintain a certain number of employees in the city of Palestine, which dates to an 1872...
January 11, 2023 | BNSF, Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology, UP
(Source: NBC Chicago, January 10, 2023) Metra has officially announced the initial rollout of a new train tracking system that will allow commuters to get up-to-date departure times, real-time mapping of trains and the ability to plan out trips within the system. The...
January 6, 2023 | CP, Headlines, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 5, 2023) Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific were the only major Class I railroads to show volume growth in 2022. UP took the crown among the top six systems, with its overall traffic up 2%. The increase was driven by a 5% gain in...
January 5, 2023 | Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 4, 2023) Union Pacific, citing ongoing harsh winter weather, is continuing an embargo it placed last week on all traffic to and from Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. UP said in a Dec. 29 customer advisory that it expected the embargo...
January 4, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, January 3, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board wants Union Pacific to address the service issues raised by UP customer Foster Poultry Farms in California. Full story: Freight Waves
January 4, 2023 | CN, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB, UP
(Source: Railway Age, January 3, 2023) CSX, Norfolk Southern (NS), Union Pacific (UP) and the U.S. operating subsidiaries of CN on Dec. 29 requested that the Surface Transportation Board (STB) stay its requirement that the Class I railroads commit to a new arbitration...
January 3, 2023 | Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, January 3, 2023) Union Pacific is quickly moving trainloads of corn to Foster Farms facilities in California after the U.S. Surface Transportation Board issued a rare emergency service order on December 29. It was the second...
