March 23, 2022 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, March 22, 2022) NEW YORK — A Union Pacific train derailed in San Bernardino County, Calif., on March 21, and the area could be considered the most dangerous when it comes to these types of rail accidents in the country. Full...
March 22, 2022 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(Source: Associated Press, March 21, 2022) COLTON, Calif. — A Union Pacific freight train carrying lumber derailed in Southern California on Monday, sending 13 rail cars and three locomotives off the tracks. A contractor who was helping with cleanup efforts was...
March 18, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines, UP, War on Workers
(Source: Courthouse News Service, March 17, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Ninth Circuit panel heard arguments Thursday in an appeal with major implications for labor law in the United States and the sick pay of railroad workers in California. A consortium of railroad...
March 15, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: L.A. Taco, March 14, 2022) LOS ANGELES — Now Union Pacific appears to be announcing a victory in thwarting further thefts. Not by rehiring the security it laid off, but by automating their jobs. NBC reports that the thefts “have stopped overnight” and the...
March 14, 2022 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 11, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The failure of an operator to stop a tie tamping machine — with the operator admitting he was in a panicked state because the machine did not appear to stop when he expected — led to the death of a track...
March 10, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, UP
(Source: Deseret News, March 1, 2022) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — After a dust-up last week — when a House legislative leader accused Union Pacific of being an unwilling and uncooperative partner in air quality efforts and fast-tracked a bill to force the company to move...
March 8, 2022 | BNSF, CN, CP, CSX, Headlines, KCS, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: NBC News, March 7, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Accountable.US, a nonprofit group that examines corporations and special interests, said the seven major railways, which dominate an industry that carries about 40 percent of U.S. freight, collected a record $1.18...
March 8, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 1, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Union Pacific has asked federal regulators to ensure that a merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern does not undermine competition at the Laredo, Texas, gateway. In a filing with the Surface...
March 7, 2022 | BNSF, CN, CP-KCS Merger, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 3, 2022) BNSF Railway Co., CN, CSX, Norfolk Southern Railway and Union Pacific Railroad on Monday filed their “comments and request for conditions” with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) on the proposed merger...
February 24, 2022 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Deseret News, February 23, 2022) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Utah lawmakers are steamrolling ahead with a bill to strong-arm the largest railroad company in North America, with a top legislative leader accusing the Union Pacific of being an unwilling and...
