March 23, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: NBC Nebraska, March 21, 2020) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Raquel Espinoza with Union Pacific Railroad confirmed a 20-year-old man in Lincoln County with COVID-19 is an employee with the railroad. Espinoza says he contracted the disease after contact with his...
March 20, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, March 19, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Union Pacific, CSX and Canadian National are setting goals to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, in part through a pledge with the global initiative Science Based Targets. Full story: Freight...
March 20, 2020 | DOT, Headlines, UP
(Source: Reuters, March 18, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. federal appeals court has denied a bid by Union Pacific Railroad Company to invalidate a U.S. Department of Transportation safety rule that requires railroads to share with states and tribes information about...
March 20, 2020 | CP, Headlines, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, March 19, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific each have employees who have contracted the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. Full story: Freight Waves
March 19, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, March 19, 2020) OMAHA, Neb. — Under call to distance people socially, Union Pacific is taking action, too, at one of Omaha’s largest office buildings. Union Pacific Center will have some 2,000 employees working remotely, leaving fewer than...
March 19, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: NBC Nebraska, March 18, 2020) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Union Pacific spokesperson Raquel Espinoza confirms that a 50-year old man who tested positive for COVID-19 on March 17 in Lincoln County is an employee of the railroad. She said that the employee, who works...
March 16, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Houston Chronicle, March 13, 2020) HOUSTON — Hundreds of residents are now plaintiffs in a mass case against Union Pacific alleging damages caused by legacy rail yard contamination in a north Houston neighborhood where higher rates of cancer were identified,...
March 12, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, March 11, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Union Pacific Railroad will set science-based targets for reducing its carbon emissions, the railroad announced in a press release Tuesday. Science-based targets are emissions reduction goals set in line...
March 10, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Standard-Examiner, March 8, 2020) SALT LAKE CITY — Count train engineers and conductors as passionate supporters of legislation that may help lead to construction of overpasses at heavily traveled and potentially dangerous rail crossings in Utah. Full story:...
March 9, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Standard-Examiner, March 8, 2020) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Union Pacific lobbyists are clashing with two top legislators over a bill that would remove railroads’ state fuel tax exemption and use the resulting millions to build overpasses at chronically blocked...
