March 19, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following story by Chris Bowman appeared on the Sacramento Bee website on March 19.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The only smoke spewing from the site of Sacramento’s spectacular railroad trestle fire today should be the soot of pile drivers sinking supports for a...
March 16, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following article by Tony Bizjak, Kim Minugh and Chelsea Phua was posted on the Sacramento Bee website on March 16.) SACRAMENTO — A dramatic evening fire along the American River Parkway near Cal Expo destroyed a Union Pacific mainline track Thursday,...
March 16, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 16.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A 300-foot stretch of an elevated railroad trestle caught fire and partially collapsed Thursday evening, sending a dramatic wall of thick, black smoke thousands of feet...
March 12, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 12.) MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. — A train car filled with flour that was bound for Illinois left the track Sunday, damaging rails and intersections but causing no reported injuries, police said. One car...
March 9, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following article by Meena Thiruvengadam was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on March 8.) SAN ANTONIO — When the city’s Toyota plant ramps up Tundra production later this month, Union Pacific will be ready for the boost in business, the...
March 9, 2007 | Headlines, Remote Control, UP
(The following article by Dean Brickey was posted on the East Oregonian website on March 9.) HERMISTON, Ore. — Despite the city’s efforts to ban remote- controlled trains, Union Pacific Railroad intends to extend remote operations from Hinkle. Chris Peterson,...
March 5, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 4.) CHANDLER, Texas — Twenty-eight cars of a Union Pacific train derailed Sunday afternoon just west of the Neches River in Henderson County. No injuries were reported but some nearby homes were...
March 2, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following story by Scott Shaffer appeared on the Laredo Morning Times website on March 1. Terry Briggs is Chairman of the BLET’s Texas State Legislative Board.) LAREDO, Texas — A union of locomotive engineers and trainmen proposed several ideas to reduce the...
March 1, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following article by Kristopher Hanson was posted on the Long Beach Press Telegram website on March 1.) LONG BEACH, Calif. — Everybody doing business these days in the port seems to be jumping on the “green” train. But for Union Pacific, they mean it...
February 26, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 24.) PHOENIX — A proposed new Mexican seaport could provide Union Pacific Railroad with a major business opportunity – trainloads of shipping containers of imported goods to haul to points...
