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:...
January 10, 2024 | Headlines, Mexico, UP
(Source: Railway Age, January 5, 2024) Union Pacific, which with Ferromex and BNSF suffered a severe service disruption in December when U.S. Customs and Border Protection unnecessarily closed the U.S./Mexico rail bridges at Eagle Pass and El Paso, Tex., has added a...
December 21, 2023 | CN, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: Pro Publica, December 15, 2023) When questioned by federal officials or faced with an accident, the nation’s powerful freight railroad companies say they are among the safest employers in America and tout their injury records to prove it. But those statistics...
December 21, 2023 | Headlines, KCS, Mexico, UP
(Source: CNN, December 17, 2023) US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will temporarily suspend operations at the international railway crossing bridges in Eagle Pass and El Paso, Texas, due to a surge in border crossings by migrants, the agency announced in a news...
December 21, 2023 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Trains.com, December 17, 2023) One crew member suffered what were reported to be minor injuries after a Union Pacific train derailed after hitting a truck hauling an oversized load at a grade crossing west of Fort Worth, Texas, on December 17. Full story:...
December 21, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Short Line, STB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, December 14, 2023) BNSF Railway this week asked federal regulators to ensure that it can use its trackage rights over Union Pacific to interchange with a proposed new short line railway in Utah. Full story: Trains.com
