January 31, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following story by Stacie Hamel appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on January 30.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Railroad has withdrawn a request to run trains from inside Mexico up to 1,500 miles into the United States without stopping for a mechanical...
January 29, 2007 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Josh Funk on January 27.) OMAHA, Neb. — Bragging rights for what constitutes the nation’s largest railroad have still not been settled as Fort Worth-based Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. continues to...
January 26, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following story by Stacie Hamel appeared on the World-Herald website on January 26.) OMAHA, Neb. — Omaha-based Union Pacific Corp. on Thursday reported a 64 percent increase in net income in the fourth quarter of last year, compared with the same period in 2005....
January 26, 2007 | Headlines, Technology, UP
(The following story by Emily Brandler appeared on the Spokane Journal of Business website on January 26.) SPOKANE, Wash. — Union Pacific Corp. says it plans to implement an up to $1 billion technological system that will revolutionize the way it operates its...
January 26, 2007 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 25.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corp.’s 64 percent jump in fourth-quarter profit may have pleased investors, but it didn’t definitively settle the question of which railroad is the nation’s largest. Union...
January 25, 2007 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(The following story by David Krough appeared at kgw.com on January 24.) EUGENE, Ore. — Deputies near Eugene arrested a man suspected of trying to steal a train when he was drunk. According to Lane County Sheriffs, a Union Pacific engineer said a drunk man snuck...
January 25, 2007 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(The following story by Kenneth Dean appeared on the Tyler Morning Telegraph website on January 23.) TYLER, Texas — Brazen thieves are boosting large spools of copper wiring and they are stealing them from the Union Pacific Railroad yard in downtown Tyler. Tyler...
January 25, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on January 25.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corporation today reported 2006 fourth quarter net income of $485 million, or $1.78 per diluted share, compared to $296 million, or $1.10 per diluted share in the fourth...
January 25, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on January 25.) OMAHA — Union Pacific Corp., the nation’s largest railroad operator, on Thursday said fourth-quarter profit rose 63 percent, due mostly to more efficient operations and higher revenue from...
January 24, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 24.) NEW YORK — Union Pacific Corp., the largest U.S. railroad operator, reports earnings for the fourth quarter on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the...