Union Pacific Has Cleared About 80% of Congestion, CEO Says

By Thomas Black, Bloomberg News, Transport Topics; May 23, 2018

Union Pacific Corp. operations are about 80% of normal, after it deployed more locomotives and crews to clear network congestion that began eroding service last year, CEO Lance Fritz said.

The railroad has reduced the number of cars on its network by 13%, helping to increase train velocity and reduce the time equipment sits at switching yards, Fritz said. Bottlenecks had caused the number of equipment on its tracks to reach unacceptable levels.

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