September 10, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, September 9, 2020) NEW YORK — The western wildfires are wreaking havoc on the West Coast and several inland locations. Western railroads throughout history have built “water trains” to be on standby in this region in case a...
September 9, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Railway Age, September 8, 2020) NEW YORK — Union Pacific announced Sept. 4 that it plans to lay off an unspecified number of non-agreement and agreement employees, according to a report in the Omaha World-Herald. UP attributed “continuous efforts to...
September 8, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, September 4, 2020) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific will lay off an unspecified number of employees across the railroad’s system as the company continues its push for operational efficiency. The company did not publicly detail the number of...
September 3, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: Opinion column by Jim Blaze published at FreightWaves.com, September 2, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — It was an oncoming surge of maritime boxes that has clearly caught the two big Western state railroads BNSF and Union Pacific a bit off guard. How did the...
September 3, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: North Platte Telegraph, September 2, 2020) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Railroad buffs have about 2½ weeks left to see both “hump yards” in operation at North Platte’s Bailey Yard, at least for a while. Full story: North Platte Telegraph
September 2, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: North Platte Telegraph, September 1, 2020) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — The Union Pacific Railroad will consolidate its North Platte railcar-sorting operations in Bailey Yard’s newest and westernmost “hump yard,” the railroad said Tuesday. The announcement marks a...
August 31, 2020 | Headlines, KCS, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, August 28, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The nation’s Class I railroads expect to have service restored this weekend on tracks serving the ports and industrial facilities on the Gulf Coast between Houston and New Orleans. Hurricane Laura, packing...
August 28, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 27, 2020) As part of its Unified Plan 2020 operational strategy, Union Pacific Railroad plans to consolidate its intermodal operations in the Houston area in the fall. Currently, both the Englewood and Settegast yards process...
August 28, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, August 27, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Hurricane Laura delivered “heavy damage” to the Union Pacific mainline and industrial tracks in the Lake Charles, Louisiana, area, resulting in both being taken out of service, the railroad said Thursday....
August 27, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: Bloomberg Law, August 26, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The country’s top freight railroads should bear the burden of proving that their communications over fuel charges don’t violate federal antitrust law, the Justice Department said. CSX Transportation Inc.,...
