January 23, 2007 | Headlines, NS, UP
(Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern issued the following release on January 22.) OMAHA, Neb. and NORFOLK, Va. — Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railway announced today that on Feb. 19, they will launch a new intermodal train service that will add train...
January 22, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following article by Bob Dart was posted on the Austin American-Statesman website on January 21.) WASHINGTON — A train safety showdown is coming to the streets of Laredo. Currently, employees of U.S. railroads inspect air brakes and other mechanisms in that...
January 18, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following article by Susan Hylton was posted on the Tulsa World website on January 18.) GORE, Okla. — A railroad-bridge collapse brought down a Union Pacific coal train early Wednesday afternoon. Fourteen of the 133 cars bound for Arkansas with Wyoming coal...
January 17, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following article by Bob Dart was posted on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website on January 17.) WASHINGTON — A train-safety showdown is coming to the streets of Laredo, Texas. Currently, employees of U.S. railroads inspect air brakes and other...
January 12, 2007 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(The following article by Dustin Bleizeffer was posted on the Casper Star- Tribune website on January 12.) GILLETTE, Wyo. — Although total U.S. coal consumption declined by 1.2 percent in 2006, Wyoming coal production spiked by more than 10 percent due to a rush...
January 9, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following report appeared on the Billings Gazette website on January 9.) CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Strong winds caused problems for trucks and other vehicles traveling through Wyoming on Monday. Some trucks had to pull over on Interstate 25, and the Wyoming Department of...
January 9, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following story by Brian Chasnoff appeared on the San Antonio Express News website on January 9.) SAN ANTONIO — In some ways, serenity has been restored to a neighborhood just north of downtown that saw a day of havoc in October when a Union Pacific train jumped...
January 8, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following article by Brian Chasnoff was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on January 7.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — In some ways, serenity has been restored to a neighborhood just north of downtown that saw a day of havoc in October when a Union...
January 8, 2007 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(The Press-Enterprise posted the following article by Phil Pitchford on its website on January 7.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. — One of the Inland area’s worst traffic jams isn’t on a freeway. Each day, more than 100 trains, some more than a mile long, make...
January 5, 2007 | Headlines, UP
(The following article by Guillermo X. Garcia was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on January 4.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Fearing it’s just “a matter of time” before San Antonio experiences a catastrophic railroad incident, Mayor...
