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
December 7, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, STB, Unions, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, December 4, 2023) Debate about furloughs at Union Pacific and how many employees could be affected continue to play out in the public arena following a recent industry conference where Surface Transportation Board Chairman Marty Oberman called...
November 29, 2023 | Accident, Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Associated Press, November 24, 2023) Federal inspectors have twice found hundreds of defects in the locomotives and railcars Union Pacific uses at the world’s largest railyard in Nebraska, but none of those seem to explain why a shipping container filled with...
November 21, 2023 | Harassment, Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Pro Publica, November 18, 2023) “If you keep reporting these track defects, you will no longer have a job at Union Pacific.” Full story: Pro Publica
November 21, 2023 | CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, Shippers, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, November 17, 2023) The ongoing theme of improving rail service as a means to capture market share away from trucking again appeared in comments from Class I railroad executives speaking at recent investor conferences. Full story: Freight...
November 21, 2023 | CPKC, CSX, Headlines, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, November 21, 2023) Some attendees at a rail industry conference were cautiously optimistic that bad years may be behind the industry. There was also concern over whether or not growth will emerge. Full story: Freight Waves
