February 15, 2024 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: Clinton Herald, February 10, 2024) No one was injured when a train derailed Friday in the Union Pacific rail yard at South 23rd Street and Liberty Avenue, spilling 1,000 to 1,500 gallons of diesel fuel. According to a release from the City of Clinton, the...
February 15, 2024 | BNSF, Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, February 9, 2024) For the second time in the past three months, federal regulators are being asked to settle a dispute related to Union Pacific’s 1996 acquisition of Southern Pacific. Full story: Trains.com
February 2, 2024 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, January 31, 2024) The Surface Transportation Board today issued a decision that extends the temporary reporting of employment data through the end of the year and that requires certain updated information from BNSF Railway, CSX, Norfolk Southern,...
January 26, 2024 | Contract Agreement, News, Short Line, UP
A new agreement between the BLET and the Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) illustrates the importance of locomotive engineers to a railroad’s success. The PHL Employee Retention Program, signed by BLET General Chairman Brian Carr on January 17, 2024, rewards BLET members with...
January 26, 2024 | Headlines, Quarterly Income, UP
(Source: Trains.com, January 25, 2024) Union Pacific expects muted traffic volume this year due to a combination of a slow economy, lower demand for coal, and the loss of an international intermodal contract to BNSF Railway. For the quarter, operating income was flat,...
January 26, 2024 | CPKC, Headlines, Mexico, UP
(Source: Trains.com, January 25, 2024) Railroad executives will meet with U.S. and Mexican customs officials next month to discuss how they can work together to keep vital rail border crossings open amid the surge in migrants crossing the Rio Grande. Full story:...
January 25, 2024 | Headlines, UP
(Source: White House Fact Sheet, January 25, 2024) Today, President Biden will visit Superior, Wisconsin, where the Blatnik Bridge connects Wisconsin and Minnesota, to announce nearly $5 billion in funding for major transportation projects across the country as part...
January 12, 2024 | BNSF, CN, CPKC, CSX, Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Trains.com, January 10, 2024) The theme may not be new, but the emphasis seems to be increasing. The idea that railroads need to work together — and that doing so can be beneficial to all parties, not just the railroads involved, but their customers as well —...
January 12, 2024 | BNSF, Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, January 11, 2024) Union Pacific has asked federal regulators to squash BNSF Railway’s request to gain access a proposed short line railroad in Utah. Full story: Trains.com
January 10, 2024 | Headlines, UP, Weather
(Source: Reuters, January 9, 2024) Union Pacific Corp. said on Tuesday it anticipates a 24- to 48-hour delay in shipments as its rail network in some states has been impacted by heavy snow, blizzard conditions, ice and power outages. Full story:...
