By Rand Green, The Produce News; September 06, 2018
Addressing attendees at a transportation workshop during the Idaho Grower Shipper Association’s 90th annual convention in Sun Valley, ID, Aug. 29, Brad Thrasher, vice president and general manager Agricultural Products Marketing for Union Pacific Railroad, announced that Union Pacific will be acquiring 1,000 new high-tech refrigerated boxcars and has authorization to increase that number to 1,600 if needed. At a cost of $250,000 each, the purchase will constitute the largest equipment acquisition in company history.
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