March 4, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Houston Chronicle, March 3, 2020) HOUSTON — The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality told Union Pacific that it must submit its revised plan to clean up contamination from its rail yard in a north Houston neighborhood by the end of August. Full story:...
March 3, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Brattleboro Reformer, March 2, 2020) VERNON, Vt. — The owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant has received approval from federal regulators for a more relaxed time schedule for shipping low-level radioactive waste to Texas because the company has run...
March 3, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Palestine Herald-Press, March 2, 2020) PALESTINE, Texas — Federal courts have ordered Union Pacific and the City of Palestine to find a mediator by April to negotiate a compromise between the two sides. Such an agreement could avert a lengthy and costly trial...
March 2, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: North Platte Telegraph, March 2, 2020) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Union Pacific laid out the frame of North Platte, but its people have long pitched in on the finishing work. Whether they grew up here or came from elsewhere, the U.P. employees you’ll find in...
March 2, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: North Platte Telegraph, March 2, 2020) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — A North Platte without Bailey Yard would seem almost incomprehensible. Bailey’s 2,850-acre area and daily volume of 14,000 railcars remain exponentially larger than the other seven remaining major...
February 24, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, February 21, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Precision-scheduled railroading (PSR) makes it easier to quickly react to swings in volume related to COVID-19, according to Lance Fritz, CEO of Union Pacific Railroad, speaking at the Barclays...
February 21, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Courthouse News Service, February 14, 2020) CHICAGO — Union Pacific Railroad and Chicago union workers sued each other on Friday over the implementation of a new attendance policy and the prospect of a strike. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and...
February 20, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: www.fox4kc.com, February 17, 2020) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Four months after at least 200 railroad employees were laid off at Kansas City’s Neff Yard, some of them are still struggling to get their unemployment checks. Full story:...
February 13, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Opinion column by Ben Campbell published in the Palestine Herald-Press, February 12, 2020. Mr. Campbell is Vice President of the Texas State Railroad Authority Board.) PALESTINE, Texas — In 1872, the rails of the Houston & Great Northern RR reached...
February 12, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Television station KSAT, February 12, 2020) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A woman narrowly avoided being hit by a train after her truck’s GPS system led her to some railroad tracks early Wednesday morning, San Antonio police said. According to police, the driver of...
