December 15, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Associated Press, December 15, 2022) Federal regulators and shippers are questioning Union Pacific’s decision to temporarily limit some businesses’ shipments as part of its effort to clear up congestion across the railroad. The head of the U.S. Surface...
December 15, 2022 | Fatality, Headlines, UP
(Source: Television station KVIA, December 14, 2022) EL PASO, Texas — The family of a deceased conductor who was killed in an on-duty accident is suing Union Pacific Railroad. Mario Navarro was killed on August 29 when a train passing through a construction zone hit a...
December 14, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, Unions, UP
(Source: CNBC, December 13, 2022) The strike was averted, but tensions between unions and class I freight railroads continue to run high. Under scrutiny at a two-day hearing before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board is Union Pacific’s use of embargoes to clear up...
December 14, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, UP
(Source: BNN Bloomberg, December 13, 2022) Shippers urged the US railroad regulator to create more competition in the industry during hearings in which Union Pacific Corp. was called to explain a spike in service restrictions. Full story: BNN...
December 14, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, December 13, 2022) Following an outcry from railroaders and the public, it appears some of the nation’s Class I railroads are revising their employee attendance policies. Although it has yet to be seen if the changes will...
December 14, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 12, 2022) Amtrak is asking the Surface Transportation Board to investigate why host railroad practices — primarily at Union Pacific Railroad — are contributing to substandard on-time performance (OTP) of its Sunset Limited...
December 9, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 8, 2022) The STB last month ordered UP to explain why it has significantly increased its use of embargoes. This year UP has issued more than 1,000 embargoes to date in response to congestion, compared with just 27 in 2017 — the year...
December 9, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, Unions, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 7, 2022) Trade groups representing chemical manufacturers, mining companies, energy producers, and agricultural interests, plus several individual shippers, and railroad labor unions all plan to participate in next week’s Surface...
December 7, 2022 | News, Obituary, UP
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, December 7 — Brother Charles Ray Rightnowar, former General Chairman of the BLET’s Union Pacific-Central Region General Committee of Adjustment, passed away on December 5, 2022. He was 73 years old. Brother Rightnowar proudly served his country in...
November 29, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 23, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board yesterday announced that it will hold a public hearing Dec. 13-14 with Union Pacific Railroad pertaining to the Class I’s increased use of embargoes as a way to reduce rail...
