August 25, 2022 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 24, 2022) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating a collision that occurred July 15 between an Amtrak train and a Union Pacific Railroad roadway maintenance machine in Oakland, California. Full story:...
August 24, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, Shippers, STB, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, August 23, 2022) A number of chemical shippers still face significant rail service disruptions despite freight railroads’ efforts to improve, according to recent statements from the American Chemistry Council (ACC). Full story: Freight...
August 24, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 23, 2022) With its volumes up 2% so far this quarter, Union Pacific Railroad has pulled nearly 3,000 of its own rail cars out of storage to begin adding unit trainsets to support customer demand. Full story: Progressive...
August 23, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 22, 2022) In light of recent freight-rail service problems, the Surface Transportation Board is expressing concern about the Class Is’ ability to meet grain shipping demand during the upcoming harvest season. Full story:...
August 18, 2022 | Headlines, UP, War on Workers
(Source: Associated Press, August 18, 2022) Hundreds of Union Pacific employees are fighting back with federal lawsuits after losing their jobs because of health issues. Although they make up only a small percentage of the railroad’s more than 30,000 employees,...
August 18, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Reuters, August 16, 2022) U.S. railroad operator Union Pacific’s Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Hamann said on Tuesday the company’s third-quarter volumes were up 2% so far from a year earlier, on improved staffing levels and easing congestion. Full...
August 18, 2022 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Television station KTRK, August 16, 2022) HOUSTON — There’s a shocking new bombshell about the cancer cluster in Houston’s Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens. Our partners at The Houston Chronicle were given a report that showed contamination from a...
August 12, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, Hi-Viz, NS, PSR, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine analysis by Bill Stephens, August 11, 2022) The union-management pot, which is normally set on simmer, is boiling over at the big four U.S. Class I railroads. And it’s prompting railroaders — even those with 10, 15, or 20 years of experience —...
August 12, 2022 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Palestine Herald-Press, August 12, 2022) PALESTINE, Texas — The city of Palestine and Anderson County are asking for the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit in New Orleans, to rehear a motion seeking declaratory relief filed by Union Pacific. The...
August 11, 2022 | COVID, Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: North Platte Telegraph, August 8, 2022) Bailey Yard workers are more prone to give up on railroading after three years of layoffs followed by COVID-19, a North Platte rail union leader told an AFL-CIO virtual “town hall” last week. Mike Gage, president of...
