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Nebraska officials want answers on blocked rail crossings

(Source: Freight Waves, July 14, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Nebraska officials are preparing to ask BNSF, Union Pacific and the Nebraska Central Railroad to take more action against blocked highway-rail grade crossings in Grand Island in Hall County. Full story:...

2 killed, 2 railroad workers hurt in Wisconsin crash

(Source: Associated Press, June 26, 2020) CLINTON, Wisc. — Two men were killed and two railroad workers were injured in a Rock County crash. The men who died were in a Jeep that struck a Union Pacific work truck. Full story: Minneapolis...

Union Pacific conductor loses appeal in workplace injury suit

(Source: Bloomberg Law, June 18, 2020) CHICAGO — A Union Pacific conductor who slipped on a small, unexplained oil spot and fell while assembling a train for departure at an Illinois rail yard can’t revive federal negligence claims against the railroad, the Seventh...