Union Pacific reports strong earnings, but job cuts are likely as executives tout cost-cutting moves

By Brad Davis, Business Editor, Omaha World-Herald; January 24, 2019 Union Pacific reported better-than-expected quarterly profits Thursday as the company…

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Opinion: The railroads still belong to Hunter Harrison — even now that he’s gone

By Howard Green, Financial Post; January 24, 2019 Anyone who can furnish a resume showing they worked under four-time railroad…

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Three companies and what they said about precision railroading in their earnings calls

By John Kingston, Freight Waves; January 22, 2019 Three sides of the move to precision railroading (PSR) were on display…

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The Canadian invasion of U.S. freight railroading continues: Union Pacific names Jim Vena Chief Operating Officer

A press release from Union Pacific Railroad; January 7, 2019: OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Union Pacific today named…

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Utah: Ogden City hopes Golden Spike sesquicentennial will boost long-discussed Union Station renovation plan

By Mitch Shaw, Standard-Examiner; January 2, 2019 OGDEN — Ogden City hopes a captive audience with Union Pacific’s top executives…

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Group in Arizona hopes private company will lead to rail service between Tucson and Phoenix

By Shaq Davis, Arizona Daily Star; December 17, 2018 A group is hopeful that Arizonans will see a new passenger…

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Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific enacting intermodal interline service changes

By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; December 11, 2018 On Monday Feb. 11, 2019, Norfolk Southern and Union…

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Last ride a fitting end for Bush funeral procession

By Doug Begley, Houston Chronicle; December 5, 2018 Locomotive 4141 can pull 1 million pounds across most of America with…

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Union Pacific closes Downtown El Paso, Texas locomotive repair shop, lays off workers

By Vic Kolenc, El Paso Times, November 30, 2018 Union Pacific Railroad has closed its longtime locomotive repair shop in El Paso…

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Union Pacific train to participate in Bush funeral procession

By David Earl, KETV 7; December 1, 2018 OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific will participate the presidential funeral procession for…

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Why Some Kids Might Get Their Presents Late This Christmas

By Matthew Buck, Washington Monthly; November 23, 2018 This holiday season, Americans are expected to spend a record $720 billion…

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Beaumont, Texas residents awake to several hours of a broken train horn blaring over and over

By Scott Eslinger, 12 News ABC, NBC; November 21, 2018 BEAUMONT — Residents all over Beaumont and especially those in…

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St. Joseph’s Missouri River Port sees first railcars in six years

  By Ray Scherer, News-Press Now; November 16, 2018 Transport 360 and the St. Joseph Regional Port Authority announced Friday…

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New Union Pacific California Locomotives Designed to Reduce Emissions

A press release from Union Pacific Railroad; November 16, 2018: Union Pacific has been aggressively working to achieve lower emissions…

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G.I. magazine’s military friendly employer list includes five railroads

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; November 13, 2018 Five major railroads appear on the 2019 Military Friendly® Employers list recently issued…

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Fixing Chicago’s freight rail congestion

By Katie Pyzyk, Smart Cities Dive; November 12, 2018 As goods and raw materials make their way to all parts…

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Introduction to precision railroading, part 3: where do we go from here?

By Brian Bowers, Contributor, Freight Waves; November 5, 2018 Last week we began exploration of the definition of precision railroading…

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Introduction to precision railroading, Part 2: Parsing the developments in recent earnings

By Brian Bowers, Contributor, Freight Waves; October 29, 2018 It has been an interesting week. I have been encouraged by…

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Kansas City Southern may follow Union Pacific’s lead on precision scheduled railroading

By Edwin Lopez, Supply Chain Dive; October 26, 2018   Kansas City Southern (KCS) is closely watching Union Pacific’s transition…

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Union Pacific to cut 475 jobs in first wave of planned reductions

By Lisa Baertlein, Reuters; October 23, 2018 (Reuters) – Railroad operator Union Pacific Corp (UNP.N) said on Tuesday it would…

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Report: Scheduled railroading could improve North American freight-rail service

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; October 1, 2018 North American railroads’ growing interest in precision scheduled railroading has the potential to…

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Authorities say no one hurt after Union Pacific train derails into northwest Iowa river

By Austin Cannon, Des Moines Register; September 23, 2018 Authorities responded to another train derailment in a small northwest Iowa…

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After the problems of CSX, the Surface Transportation Board wants regular updates from Union Pacific as it phases in scheduled railroading

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; September 21, 2018 The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has asked Union Pacific Railroad senior management to…

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