April 10, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following article appeared on The Arizona Republic website on April 10.) TUCSON, Ariz. — As Union Pacific rapidly lays its second, parallel track across the southwest Phoenix area and southern Arizona, state officials are raising concern that more than 50 planned...
April 9, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following story by Jeff Gearino appeared on the Jackson Hole Star-Tribune website on April 9.) GREEN RIVER, Wyo. — Evanston’s historic railroad roundhouse has been a vital part of this city’s growth and development from the very beginning. It...
April 9, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following story by Tony Bizjak appeared on the Sacramento Bee website on April 5.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With freight trains rumbling anew over reconstructed rails at the American River fire site, a visiting railroad official on Tuesday promised his company will...
April 5, 2007 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Josh Funk on April 4.) OMAHA, Neb. — A snowstorm disrupted coal production in northeast Wyoming last week and kept more than 160 trains from being loaded with coal. Union Pacific Corp. said in a statement...
April 4, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The following article by Steve Moore was posted on the Press-Enterprise website on April 4.) PENINSULA, Calif. — A Union Pacific train headed from the Midwest to Los Angeles derailed Tuesday in the Riverside County desert north of the Salton Sea along Highway...
April 3, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(Reuters circulated the following article on April 3.) LOS ANGELES — Union Pacific Corp. said on Monday the recovery from weather-related mine shutdowns in Wyoming could take as much as 10 to 14 days. Union Pacific said that storms that began March 29 caused...
April 2, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following article by Kristopher Hanson was posted on the Long Beach Press Telegram website on April 2.) LOS ANGELES — Union Pacific Railroad has submitted a $300 million proposal to upgrade its massive intermodal container yard near West Long Beach. The...
April 2, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The Sacramento Bee posted the following article on its website on April 1.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Union Pacific crews finished work early Saturday morning on the second of two rail tracks on a trestle over the American River. About 1,400 feet of wooden trestle...
March 29, 2007 | CEO Pay, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 29.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific President and Chief Executive Jim Young received compensation the company valued at $13,043,583 in 2006 while the nation’s largest railroad continued to reap robust...
March 28, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following article by Tony Bizjak was posted on the Sacramento Bee website on March 28.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Saying work went more smoothly than expected, Union Pacific rail officials early Tuesday reopened one of two tracks destroyed nearly two weeks ago...
