May 15, 2020 | Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: S&P Global Platts, May 14, 2020) HOUSTON — Across the board, the four major Class I railroads said low natural gas prices, coal plant retirements and a mild winter drove declines in coal volumes in the first quarter and have forced the railroads to begin...
May 14, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Editorial published by the Union-Bulletin, May 13, 2020) WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Over and over we hear that the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic could hit us as hard, if not harder, than the Great Depression, which ravaged this nation through the...
May 13, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, May 12, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Union Pacific is shuttering its Cold Connect service, which shuttled reefer cargo from the West Coast to a facility in New York, the company confirmed to Supply Chain Dive Monday. Cold Connect was sold as a...
May 13, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Albany Times Union, May 12, 2020) ALBANY, N.Y. — Union Pacific Railroad has closed its Cold Connect operation, the former Railex that delivered produce and other perishables from the West Coast to its distribution center at the Rotterdam Industrial Park. Most...
May 11, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Railway Age, May 10, 2020) NEW YORK — Union Pacific on May 8, 2020 shut down its Cold Connect service for perishables traffic from the West Coast to the East Coast. Cold Connect began in January 2017 with the acquisition from Railex of three cold storage and...
May 8, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Palestine Herald-Press, May 7, 2020) PALESTINE, Texas — With no settlement in sight for an ongoing lawsuit between the city of Palestine and Union Pacific, four Palestine UP truck shop employees on Thursday were furloughed without warning. Those furloughs...
May 5, 2020 | Headlines, Historic/Steam, UP
(Source: Standard-Examiner, April 4, 2020) PROMONTORY SUMMIT — COVID-19 concerns have led officials to cancel this year’s May 10 annual commemoration of the joining of the transcontinental railroad. Full story: Standard-Examiner
May 5, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: National Review, May 5, 2020) NEW YORK — At the start of the 19th century, America was a rural society that depended on boats and horses for its transportation needs. A century later, it was the greatest industrial power in the world. In the interim, the...
May 4, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: My Leader Paper, May 1, 2020) FESTUS, Mo. — The Union Pacific railroad car shops in De Soto, one of the oldest and largest employers in Jefferson County, informed its hundreds of employees Thursday afternoon (April 30) that they were being laid off, effective...
May 1, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette, May 1, 2020) NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Most of the employees at a Union Pacific facility in North Little Rock that maintains and refurbishes the railroad’s locomotives are being furloughed as a result of what a...
