October 26, 2022 | Fatality, Headlines, UP
(Source: Associated Press, October 25, 2022) STONINGTON, Illinois — A man killed last week in a central Illinois train accident has been identified as a worker who had been with a local grain cooperative for nearly a half-century, authorities said. Police said the...
October 20, 2022 | Headlines, Quarterly Income, UP
(Source: Associated Press, October 20, 2022) Union Pacific delivered 13% more profit in the third quarter, but the railroad predicted Thursday that its customers will ship fewer items than it expected, suggesting that the economy may be slowing down. Full story:...
October 20, 2022 | Headlines, Quarterly Income, UP
(Source: Union Pacific Railroad press release, October 20, 2022) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corporation today reported 2022 third quarter net income of $1.9 billion, or $3.05 per diluted share. These results include a $114 million charge for a change to prior period...
October 7, 2022 | GCA Elections, News, UP
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, October 7 — Brother Brian P. Carr was reelected by acclamation to his second term as General Chairman of the Union Pacific-Western Lines General Committee of Adjustment at the GCA’s Third Quadrennial Meeting in San Diego, Calif., September 20-21,...
October 4, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Television station 4WWL, October 3, 2022) For those who travel Metairie Road in Old Metairie on a regular basis, waiting for a train to clear the railroad crossing is a frequent occurrence. Full story: www.wwltv.com
October 3, 2022 | BNSF, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 30, 2022) Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern executives say there’s plenty of capacity in Houston to handle the eight additional trains per day they’ll run through the busy terminal within three years after their merger. Full...
September 30, 2022 | Fatality, Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Associated Press, September 29, 2022) The collision that killed two Union Pacific employees earlier this month in Southern California happened when the train slammed into 92 empty railcars that had been stored on a side track for nine months, NTSB...
September 22, 2022 | Headlines, Quarterly Income, UP
(Source: Union Pacific press release, September 22, 2022) Union Pacific Corporation will release third quarter 2022 financial and operating results on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, at 7:45 a.m. ET. The company’s management team will host a conference call and live...
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,...
