March 28, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following article by Dustin Bleizeffer was posted on the Casper Star-Tribune website on March 28.) CASPER, Wyo. — Union Pacific Railroad has lifted its embargo on new shipping contracts out of the Powder River Basin coal mining district in Wyoming. The...
March 28, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(Reuters circulated the following article by Nick Carey on March 28.) CHICAGO — U.S. railroad Union Pacific Corp. said on Tuesday it has halted an embargo on new business on a section of track serving the coal-rich Powder River Basin in Wyoming. The embargo went...
March 27, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following editorial appeared on the Stockton Record website on March 27.) STOCKTON, Calif. — Railroads are a throwback to an earlier, more-colorful era in American history. It turns out they also represent a lost standard of ingenuity, efficiency and...
March 27, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following story by Shannon Fiecke appeared on the Shakopee Valley News website on March 27.) SHAKOPEE, Minn. — A train bridge collapsed Friday afternoon near the Minnesota River, derailing six Union Pacific railroad cars. The six cars were carrying sugar that may...
March 26, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following story by Jeffrey Leib appeared on the Denver Post website on March 26.) DENVER — Along Weld County Road 4 1/4 – Lucky Zolman sputters in frustration when he thinks about Union Pacific Railroad putting a 640-acre switching yard and freight hub a...
March 23, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following article by Mary Jo Pitzl was posted on the Arizona Republic website on March 23.) TUCSON, Ariz. — Trying to slow what they see as an oncoming train, a legislative panel wants to require railroads that acquire land in Arizona to submit to a...
March 23, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following article by Tony Bizjak was posted on the Sacramento Bee website on March 23.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As a column of black smoke rose like an exclamation point above Union Pacific’s burning trestle in Sacramento last week, state officials launched...
March 21, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following article by Diane Lindquist was posted on the San Diego Union-Tribune website on March 21.) SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Union Pacific executives say they’re eager to build a rail line to carry containers of Asian goods into the U.S. heartland from a...
March 20, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following article by Tony Bizjak was posted on the Sacramento Bee website on March 20.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With crews working at breakneck speed, Union Pacific rail officials say one of two critical Sacramento tracks may reopen by month’s end, a mere 16...
March 19, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following column by Bonnie Henry appeared on the Arizona Daily Star website on March 19. W.F. Sayre was a member of BLET Division 28 in Tucson, Ariz.) TUCSON, Ariz. — It was hot, dirty, dangerous work. But it was work that would feed his family. Work worth a...
