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U.P. to expand remote control

(The following article by Stacie Hamel was posted on the Omaha World-Herald website on October 30.) OMAHA, Neb. — Motorists stopped at a Council Bluffs railroad crossing might notice something different about some of the locomotives slowly passing by. There are...

Corridor called fix for train crashes

(The following article by Patrick Driscoll was posted on the Express News website on October 24.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — San Antonio can get new railroad tracks built around the city, but they’d likely be part of the controversial Trans-Texas Corridor, state...

Corridor called fix for train crashes

(The following article by Patrick Driscoll was posted on the Express News website on October 24.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — San Antonio can get new railroad tracks built around the city, but they’d likely be part of the controversial Trans-Texas Corridor, state...

Lots of money, time needed to move rails

(The following article by Patrick Driscoll and Gary Scharrer was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on October 22.) SAN ANTONIO — When a close call like last week’s train derailment in Beacon Hill happens, the “what if” questions —...

Lots of money, time needed to move rails

(The following article by Patrick Driscoll and Gary Scharrer was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on October 22.) SAN ANTONIO — When a close call like last week’s train derailment in Beacon Hill happens, the “what if” questions —...

Train derails in southwest Ark.

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 22.) GURDON, Ark. — A train carrying a flammable liquid derailed Sunday near a residential area, causing churches to cancel services and prompting evacuation orders for 300 residents, officials...

Train derails in southwest Ark.

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 22.) GURDON, Ark. — A train carrying a flammable liquid derailed Sunday near a residential area, causing churches to cancel services and prompting evacuation orders for 300 residents, officials...

UP employees learn how to pit for trains

(The following article by Teresa Wickens was posted on the North Platte Telegraph website on October 20.) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — In North Platte, the enthusiasm for NASCAR is being used at Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard to give train crews a mental image of...