October 5, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, UP
(Source: Union Pacific press release, October 2, 2020) OMAHA, Neb. — Effective Monday, Oct. 5, Chicago commuters riding the UP North, Northwest and West Metra lines must show a valid ticket when boarding an outbound train or upon arrival at Ogilvie Transportation...
September 29, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: Modesto Bee, September 29, 2020) MODESTO, Calif. — A major rail upgrade in Stockton could ease travel for passenger and freight trains from Modesto and other parts of the Central Valley. Full story: Modesto Bee
September 29, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, September 28, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The lesser-known pitfalls of the U.S. Class I railroads’ conversion to precision-scheduled railroading are delayed responses, billing errors and unreliable maintenance checks, according to a...
September 28, 2020 | Headlines, Quarterly Income, UP
(Source: Union Pacific press release, September 24, 2020) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corporation will release third quarter 2020 financial and operating results on Thursday, October 22, 2020, at 8:00 a.m. ET. The company’s management team will host a conference call...
September 18, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Houston Chronicle, September 17, 2020) HOUSTON — Regina Martin-Morgan, 51, has spent the last decade taking care of her family. First, it was her mother: colon cancer diagnosed in 2011. Then, her father: prostate cancer. Her brother: Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Full...
September 17, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Business Insurance, September 16, 2020) CHICAGO — A railroad failed to reasonably accommodate a hearing-impaired conductor who was terminated, a federal appeals court said Monday, in overturning a lower court ruling and reinstating his disability...
September 14, 2020 | Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: www.azfamily.com, September 10, 2020) PHOENIX, Ariz. — The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday released its preliminary report on the train derailment that took out a portion of the Salt River Bridge in Tempe on July 29. According to the report,...
September 14, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: American Journal of Transportation, September 11, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Northern California logistics consultant was unable to book containers on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) or Union Pacific (UP) railroads for the first week of September...
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...
