October 25, 2023 | Headlines, Quarterly Income, UP
(Source: Reuters, October 19, 2023) Union Pacific reported a 19% fall in quarterly profit on October 19, as higher labor costs and lower volumes outweighed the benefits from price hikes implemented by the railroad operator. The company’s operating ratio, a key...
October 13, 2023 | Headlines, Train Length, UP
(Source: Television station KTRK, October 6, 2023) POLK COUNTY, Texas — Two years after the death of a baby, along with numerous safety complaints from neighbors, two Union Pacific railroad crossings are closing in Polk County. Full story:...
October 13, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: KOAA, October 10, 2023) Eight cars of a Union Pacific train derailed south of Colorado Springs on October 10, spilling military vehicles and equipment along the tracks. Full story: www.koaa.com
October 5, 2023 | GCA Elections, News, UP
Ronnie Rhodes (right) pictured here with his wife Lisa at the 2023 Milwaukee regional meeting, was reelected to his fourth full term as General Chairman of the Union Pacific-Central Region GCA. ___________________ Ronnie E. Rhodes was reelected to his fourth full term...
October 5, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Trains.com, October 4, 2023) Canadian Pacific Kansas City has imposed an 8,500-foot train length restriction on the Meridian Speedway, the shortcut between the Southeast and Southwest that is a joint venture with Norfolk Southern. The move affects just one...
October 5, 2023 | Headlines, Lawsuit, UP
(Source: Associated Press, October 2, 2023) The federal government has joined more than a dozen former workers in suing Union Pacific over the way it used a vision test to disqualify workers the railroad believed were color blind. The lawsuit focuses on a vision test...
September 18, 2023 | News, Obituary, UP
Retired BLET General Chairman Dennis “Denny” E. Penning, who served the Union Pacific-Central Region GCA for many years, passed away on September 7, 2023. He was 75 years old. Brother Penning hired out on the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1967 and earned promotion to...
August 25, 2023 | News, UP
Photo by: Cory Rusch The major freight railroads say a disagreement over whether they will be allowed to discipline some workers has kept them from following through on the promise they made back in March to join the Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS)....
August 25, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Trains.com, August 24, 2023) Union Pacific furloughed 94 mechanical employees at shops across the system this week. Nearly two-thirds of the furloughs came from four locations: Kansas City, Mo.; Dolores, Calif.; North Platte, Neb.; and Pocatello, Idaho. The...
August 25, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, UP
(Source: Trains.com, August 21, 2023) Union Pacific’s contention that Kansas City Southern can’t haul grain from the Upper Midwest to the Gulf Coast using trackage rights south of Beaumont, Texas, is “revisionist history,” Canadian Pacific Kansas City has told federal...
