February 18, 2021 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, February 18, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A second winter storm this week slammed parts of the South Wednesday. Several more inches of snowfall, along with some sleet and freezing rain, hit from Texas to the Tennessee Valley. Widespread power...
February 17, 2021 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Railway Age, February 16, 2021) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific has virtually frozen its entire intermodal network in the face of harsh winter weather. Full story: Railway Age
February 16, 2021 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Bloomington Pantagraph, February 14, 2021) NORMAL, Ill. — Investigators are still searching for a cause to Saturday morning’s train derailment in uptown Normal, which damaged at least 17 cargo cars on a Union Pacific train. Cleanup and repair on the...
February 11, 2021 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Union Pacific press release, February 10, 2021) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific today announced it received approval of its science-based targets determining how much and how quickly the company will reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). The Science Based...
February 8, 2021 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Radio station KFYO, February 5, 2021) HOUSTON — The Union Pacific train engine which carried the body of former President George H.W. Bush to his final resting place is being donated to his presidential library and museum at Texas A&M University. The...
February 8, 2021 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Palestine Herald-Press, February 5, 2021) PALESTINE, Texas — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Union Pacific Railroad is no longer bound to its 149-year-old contract with the City of Palestine and Anderson County. County officials called the move a blow to...
February 4, 2021 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, February 3, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Union Pacific and federal investigators are looking into an incident in southeast Arizona on Sunday that claimed the life of an employee of the railroad. Full story: Freight Waves
February 3, 2021 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Desert Review, February 2, 2021) EL CENTRO, Calif. — The El Centro Police and Fire Dispatch Center began receiving multiple 911 calls reporting a train that had derailed at the intersection of 8th Street and the railroad tracks Monday, February 1, at 10:56...
February 2, 2021 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Associated Press, February 1, 2021) VAIL, Ariz. — A Union Pacific worker in southern Arizona has died in an accident on the job. Company spokesman Tim McMahan confirmed that James Morgan, who worked on engineering matters as a systems laborer, was fatally...
February 1, 2021 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, January 29, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Class I rail executives are hoping anticipated higher North American intermodal volumes will be a moneymaker for their companies in 2021. Full story: Freight Waves
