December 13, 2021 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Reuters, December 1, 2021) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corp. cut its full-year forecast for volume and operating ratio growth on Wednesday, as supply chain logjams pressure the U.S. railroad operator’s volumes. Full story: Reuters
November 30, 2021 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(Source: ABC 13, November 24, 2021) HOUSTON — Crews in Houston’s east end were called to the scene of a crash involving a train and a semi-truck. A Union Pacific employee on board the train was injured and transported to the hospital. The incident remains under...
November 23, 2021 | BNSF, News, NS, UP
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, November 22 — On November 17, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois consolidated multiple lawsuits that had been filed in the Illinois federal court, including ones by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen...
November 16, 2021 | CP, Headlines, KCS, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 15, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Union Pacific has asked the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to delay and extend its review of the proposed merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern. Full story: Trains...
November 15, 2021 | Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: The Load Star, November 12, 2021) LONDON — The U.S. surface transport sector is fighting Washington in the courts, while Class I railways are squaring off against labor unions in another legal controversy. Full story: The Load Star
November 11, 2021 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(Source: Laredo Morning Times, November 10, 2021) LAREDO, Texas — A Union Pacific Railroad contractor employee was struck and fatally injured on a construction site near Castroville. An employee with W.T. Byler Company was performing bridge work for the Union Pacific...
November 9, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Associated Press, November 8, 2021) OMAHA, Neb. — Another major railroad has gone to court to determine whether it has the authority to require all its employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. The BNSF Railway filed a lawsuit Sunday against its...
November 9, 2021 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Yahoo News, November 8, 2021) HOUSTON — A Houston woman is taking legal action against the city and Union Pacific Railroad after her nephew’s death from leukemia, which she attributes to the toxic chemicals in the neighborhood. Full story: Yahoo...
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...
