May 28, 2024 | GCA Elections, News, UP
Officers and guests at the Union Pacific-Southern Region GCA’s quadrennial meeting on May 20. ____________________ James Logan Jr. of BLET Division 620 (Fort Worth, Texas) was reelected by acclamation to the office of General Chairman at the Union...
May 17, 2024 | Fatality, Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, May 16, 2024) A communication breakdown over granting permission for a train movement into the yard, as well as regarding placement of a portable derail device, was the probable cause of the August 2022 fatality of a Union Pacific conductor at a...
May 17, 2024 | CN, CSX, Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, May 16, 2024) Canadian National, CSX, and Union Pacific last week asked a federal appeals court to set aside the Surface Transportation Board’s new reciprocal switching rule, which will allow sole-served shippers in terminal areas to request...
May 13, 2024 | BNSF, CSX, News, Railroad Safety, UP
As publicly traded railroad corporations held their annual meetings this week, the BLET criticized railroad management for opposing safety reforms that would improve railroad operations for both workers and the communities that the railroads serve. “This week, CSX,...
May 9, 2024 | Headlines, Mexico, UP
(Source: Trains.com, May 8, 2024) Freight train operations across the U.S.-Mexican border should be as seamless as they are across the U.S.-Canadian border, Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena told a shipper group last week. At gateways to and from Mexico, in most cases,...
May 3, 2024 | Fatality, Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, May 3, 2024) A Union Pacific track maintenance manager was killed when he was struck by an excavator operated by a contract worker, according to the National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report on a fatal April 11 incident near...
May 2, 2024 | FRA, Headlines, Railroad Safety, UP
(Source: Associated Press, May 1, 2024) Union Pacific managers undermined the U.S. government’s efforts to assess safety at the railroad in the wake of several high-profile derailments across the industry by coaching employees on how to respond and suggesting they...
April 25, 2024 | Headlines, Quarterly Income, UP
(Source: Associated Press, April 25, 2024) Union Pacific said it made $1.64 billion, or $2.69 per share, in the first quarter of 2024. That’s higher than last year’s $1.63 billion, or $.2.67 per share. Shipping volume was down 1% in the quarter. Union Pacific said it...
April 19, 2024 | Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, April 17, 2024) The Surface Transportation Board today closed the book on its investigation of Union Pacific’s record use of congestion-related embargoes in 2022 – but not before scolding the railroad for failing to comply with board orders and...
March 18, 2024 | Headlines, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 15, 2024) The Surface Transportation Board yesterday announced that it denied Union Pacific Railroad’s request to keep certain required, temporary employment-data reporting confidential. Meanwhile, Ancora Holdings Group LLC...
