November 5, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, UP
(Source: Editorial from the Chicago Sun-Times, November 3, 2021) CHICAGO — If the Union Pacific does stop operating commuter service itself, the railroad needs to do it in a way that is fair to Metra, local communities and the passengers. Metra and local communities...
November 4, 2021 | Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 3, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board will allow a Minnesota company to proceed with its complaint against Union Pacific that alleges service reductions by the railroad violate UP’s common carrier obligation...
November 3, 2021 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(Source: Des Moines Register, November 2, 2021) DES MOINES, Iowa — Hazardous materials crews are continuing to clean up a Carlisle-area train derailment that caused plastic pellets to leak into the Middle River and corn syrup to leak into a forest. Full story: Des...
November 3, 2021 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Television station KTBS, November 2, 2021) BOSSIER CITY, La. — Stopped trains that block major roads are still a problem here. And they still come as a surprise to some motorists, who believe railroad companies can be punished for sitting longer than 20...
November 3, 2021 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Business Insider, November 3, 2021) LOS ANGELES — Thieves are targeting containers holding electronics and household goods as ports in the US struggle to clear backlogs of cargo, leading to delays in the supply chain. Full story: Business...
November 2, 2021 | News, UP
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, October 29 — Matthew B. Parker was reelected by acclamation to his third term as Chairman of the Nevada State Legislative Board at the Board’s quadrennial meeting on September 16, 2021. A Union Pacific locomotive engineer, Brother Parker has held...
October 28, 2021 | Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Argus Media, October 27, 2021) NEW YORK — U.S. railroads Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS) are asking a federal court to bar union employees from striking or calling out sick in response to the carriers’ vaccine mandates. Full story: Argus...
October 28, 2021 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Union Pacific press release, October 27, 2021) OMAHA, Neb. — The Port of Long Beach (POLB), the Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA), and Union Pacific Railroad announced today a bold initiative that brings rapid relief from existing port congestion by...
October 27, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, October 26, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Union Pacific and BNSF are taking additional steps to improve the fluidity of goods and products moving inland from the West Coast ports, including offering incentives to ocean carrier customers to move...
October 26, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, UP
(Source: Cook County Record, October 26, 2021) CHICAGO — Metra wants to derail a judge’s ruling that Union Pacific does not have to run Metra’s commuter lines in northwest Chicago, arguing the judge committed a “manifest injustice” in refusing...
