September 22, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 21, 2022) Chicago’s CREATE Program will receive $70 million in federal funding for a $170 million project to modernize a 2-mile stretch of Union Pacific track on the city’s west side, the partners in the Chicago Region Environment...
September 21, 2022 | Fatality, Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Television station KFOX14/CBS4, September 20, 2022) EL PASO, Texas — A preliminary report has been issued regarding the deadly train derailment in the Lower Valley in August. On August 29 around 9:14 p.m. the conductor of a Union Pacific Railroad train,...
September 21, 2022 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Southeast Texas Record, September 20, 2022) The conductor alleges in his complaint that on Aug. 17, 2021, while working as a railroad conductor for Union Pacific, he suffered injuries while being transported to a train. He claims the Union Pacific employee...
September 12, 2022 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 11, 2022) Union Pacific’s main line between California and the Pacific Northwest has been shut down in central Oregon today (Sunday, Sept. 11) as firefighters deal with a wildfire near Oakridge, Ore. Full story: Trains...
September 9, 2022 | Derailment, Fatality, Headlines, UP
(Source: Los Angeles Times, September 8, 2022) Two Union Pacific train crew members were killed early Thursday when their train crashed into parked freight cars near the Salton Sea, officials said. The freight train had been traveling through a desolate stretch of...
September 8, 2022 | Headlines, NS, PSR, UP
(Source: Supply Chain Brain, September 7, 2022) Rail yards are starting to rumble with activity again as freight railroads invest in expanding capacity and improving service. The Wall Street Journal reports that Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific have recently...
September 8, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 7, 2022) The chief executives of CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific say their railroads are on the mend as more newly hired conductors enter active duty, operations are slowly improving, and freight demand...
September 8, 2022 | Headlines, NS, PSR, UP
(Source: CNBC, September 7, 2022) Ongoing rail congestion at West Coast ports has created an opportunity for East Coast ports, container shipping companies and rail operators to enter into new trade relationships. Full story: CNBC
September 7, 2022 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 7, 2022) JONESBORO, Ark. — Eleven cars of a Union Pacific train derailed early Tuesday morning, closing two streets in central Jonesboro, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. Full story: Trains Magazine
September 6, 2022 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: Television station WOI, September 6, 2022) HAMPTON, Iowa — A Union Pacific train derailed early Monday morning in Hampton, Iowa, impacting approximately 44 train cars and spilling asphalt into a creek. Union Pacific says the spilled asphalt has since been...
