Union Pacific Railroad: Big Data Tech Helps Predict Rail Failure

A press release from Union Pacific Railroad; October 18, 2018 The goal: Take the data collected across more than 32,000…

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Union Pacific to borrow from competition in its rail reforms

By JOSH FUNK, AP Business Writer, San Francisco Chronicle; September 17, 2018 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific plans to…

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Products worth millions need these aging Richland, Washington tracks. Inspectors say some are near failure.

By Wendy Culverwell, Tri-City Herald; September 16, 2018 Richland, WA The Port of Benton wants to evict Tri-City Railroad Co.…

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Take a ride on firefighting train battling the Delta Fire in California

By David Caraccio, The Sacramento Bee; September 14, 2018 Special equipment, locomotives and water cars are being used by Union…

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9th Circuit blocks California hazmat fees on railroads

By Barbara Grzincic, Reuters; September 13, 2018 California cannot enforce a 2015 fee on railroad shipments of crude oil, ethanol,…

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Opinion: Railroads Have Spent A Lot Of Money The Last 10 Years, And Customers Have Barely Benefited

From Freightwaves.com; September 12, 2018 After spending plenty of money on investment in the last 10-plus years, the nation’s class…

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Opinion: Safer rail operations for nation is legacy of 2008 Metrolink Chatsworth train crash

By Art Leahy, The Orange County Register; September 8, 2018 Sometimes tragedy can be a vehicle for change. Ten years…

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California: Alameda Corridor-East freight-rail trench to be dedicated

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; September 7, 2018 California state, federal and local municipal officials next week will dedicate the 1.4-mile…

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CSX overhauling intermodal; UP customers affected

By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; September 6, 2018 The peak season for intermodal traffic is fast approaching,…

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Union Pacific to procure 1,000 new, much-needed refrigerated boxcars

By Rand Green, The Produce News; September 06, 2018 Addressing attendees at a transportation workshop during the Idaho Grower Shipper…

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Gust of wind a possible reason for 23-car Union Pacific train derailment in Utah

By Rhett Wilkinson, Staff Reporter, Millard County Chronicle Progress; September 4, 2018 Citing “Mother Nature,” “mixed freight” was damaged after…

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EDITORIAL: High-speed rail in California has become a slow-motion train wreck

An Editorial From The Las Vegas Review-Journal; August 10, 2018 High-speed rail in California has turned into a slow-motion train…

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Union Pacific slowing California high speed rail: Report

By Stuart Chirls, Senior Editor, Railway Age Magazine; August 6, 2018 A dispute between Union Pacific and contractors threatens to…

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Texas: Sinkhole opens on Union Pacific tracks in Van Zandt Co, Amtrak’s Texas Eagle train delayed 6 hours

By Staff, KYTX; August 6, 2018 VAN ZANDT — A sinkhole opened up along the railroad tracks in Van Zandt…

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ATK, CEO, OTP, PTC, F&B, BLT, UP, etc. Challenges, challenges.

Note: Russ Jackson is the distinguished retired editor of the Western Rail Passenger Review, and a huge fan of BLT…

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Through Dirt, Rock and Water: Reopening Union Pacific’s Tunnel No. 11

A press release from Union Pacific Railroad; July 18, 2018 Union Pacific’s Chad Rose said it was hard to understand…

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Creating change: Officials aim to streamline Chicago’s rail network

By Kyra Senese, Managing Editor, RT&S Magazine; July 17, 2018 Chicago’s rail network sees about 1,300 freight and passenger trains…

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Class I railroads continue the longer-train trend

By Jeff Stagl, Managing Editor, Progressive Railroading Magazine; July 2018 At any given time on Class Is’ networks, trains stretching…

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Tunnel collapse forces Amtrak to bus Coast Starlight passengers through central Oregon

By Craig Sailor, The News Tribune; June 13, 2018 Amtrak’s Coast Startlight train still leaves from Tacoma every day, but…

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The Daily CSX: CSX Is Shedding Assets Even as Union Pacific Does the Opposite

By Asit Sharma, The Motley Fool; June 13, 2018 Last week, CSX Corporation (NASDAQ:CSX) announced that it’s soliciting bids for six…

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Judge finds Kansas Department of Revenue discriminated against railroads in taxing

By Devon Fasbinder, KWCH 12 CBS; June 6, 2018 TOPEKA, Kan. (KWCH) A judge found the Kansas Department of Revenue…

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