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December 2, 2008
Accidents Down, Fatalities Up in Nine Months
(12:40 p.m. CST) With 716 large and small U.S. railroads reporting, total accidents and incidents in this year's first nine months were down 10.3 percent to 9,232 compared with the corresponding period last year. More...
December 1, 2008
U.S. Rail Freight Volume Up From Year Ago
(11:25 a.m. CST) Carload freight for the 47th week of 2008 totaled 309,109 cars, up 6.6 percent from last year, with volume up 10.2 percent in the East and 4.4 percent in the West. More...
November 25, 2008
Disney World Displays UP Train Sets
(10:05 a.m. CST) Disney World's Epcot is running Union Pacific train sets throughout the holiday season at its American Pavilion. More...
November 24, 2008
Norfolk Southern Installs Wind Turbine
(10:40 a.m. CST) Norfolk Southern has installed a 50-kilowatt wind turbine at its rail yard in North Kansas City to power the yard's wastewater treatment plant, the company announced Nov. 24. More...
November 20, 2008
U.S. Rail Freight Volume Off During Holiday Week
(03:05 p.m. CST) Carload freight for the week totaled 309,099 cars, down 9.1 percent from last year, with volume off 6.5 percent in the West and 12.8 percent in the East. Intermodal volume, which is not included in the carload data, totaled 225,375 trailers or containers, down 7.9 percent from last year. More...
UP Is Exclusive Sponsor of Lincoln's 200th Birthday Celebration
(03:00 p.m. CST) Union Pacific will be the exclusive sponsor of the Abraham Lincoln bicentennial exhibition, which opens at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., Feb. 12, 2009, celebrating Lincoln's 200th birthday. More...
UP Board Declares Quarterly Dividend
(12:09 p.m. CST) Union Pacific's Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of 27 cents per share on its common stock, payable Jan. 2, 2009, to stockholders of record Dec. 1, 2008. More...
UP Named a Top Employer for Military Men and Women
(08:10 a.m. CST) For the fifth time in six years, G.I. Jobs magazine has named Union Pacific one of the nation's top Military-Friendly Employers for 2008. More...
November 18, 2008
More Security Added to ePayroll Log-in Process
(10:47 a.m. CST) Employees should be aware that additional security measures recently have been added to the ePayroll log-in process. The enhanced authentication process is being administered by TALX, the ePayroll provider and a subsidiary of Equifax, one of the nation's largest credit reporting agencies. More...
November 14, 2008
Alex Kummant Leaves Amtrak
(03:16 p.m. CST) Amtrak President and Chief Executive Officer Alex Kummant resigned Nov. 14 after serving two years heading the National Railroad Passenger Corp., as Amtrak is formally known. More...
Systemwide Employees Reach Out in Their Communities
(09:00 a.m. CST) Whether it's educating citizens about crossing safety or organizing a backpack drive, Union Pacific employees are reaching out in their communities, helping those in need. More...
November 13, 2008
Freight Volume Off on U.S. Railroads
(01:05 p.m. CST) Carload freight for the week totaled 314,433 cars, down 8.4 percent from last year, with volume off 8.1 percent in the West and 8.7 percent in the East. More...
November 12, 2008
Employees Encouraged to Support 'America Recycles Day'
(10:50 a.m. CST) Union Pacific employees can help promote the benefits of recycling by participating in America Recycles Day Nov. 15. More...
November 11, 2008
Possible Central Pacific Trestle Unearthed
(10:25 a.m. CST) Railroad buffs believe a sinkhole at a construction site in Old Sacramento has led them to fragments of a trestle bridge from the first railroad line to span North America. More...
Employee's Lifestyle Change an Inspiration to All
(09:30 a.m. CST) Increasing exercise, improving eating habits and turning an unhealthy lifestyle around led one Kansas City, Mo., employee to lose more than 100 pounds; lower his blood sugar; participate in a 5K charity walk, and win the Wellness Council of the Midlands (WELCOM) Light of Wellness Award within a mere eight months. More...
November 10, 2008
Extreme Trains Series Begins Tuesday
(05:07 p.m. CST) An 8-part History Channel series, Extreme Trains, will air Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. CST beginning Nov. 11. Hosted by Matt Bown, train enthusiast and Pan Am Railways conductor, the program reveals the incredible inner workings and past lives of the amazing locomotives that haul huge loads across the country and deliver passengers to their destinations. More...
AAR Comments on Possible Economic Stimulus Package
(03:25 p.m. CST) In comments submitted to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure following an October 29 hearing, Association of American Railroads' (AAR) President and CEO Ed Hamberger stressed the importance of rail infrastructure investment in any post-election economic stimulus package. More...
New Rail Competition Study Rejects Reregulation
(12:00 p.m. CST) A new study for the Surface Transportation Board (STB) on competition in the freight railroad industry says that "both railroads and their customers benefited" from the partial rail deregulation introduced by the Staggers Rail Act of 1980. More...
November 7, 2008
BNSF Adds Third Rail Line through Cajon Pass
(01:20 p.m. CST) The $90 million project adds almost 16 miles of third main track to BNSF's route into the Los Angeles Basin. The new line opened Nov. 3. More...
Rail Traffic Down in October
(01:00 p.m. CST) U.S. carloads were down 2.8 percent from October 2007, while intermodal was down 2.9 percent from October 2007. Four of the 19 major commodity categories tracked by the AAR saw U.S. carload increases in October 2008 compared to October 2007. More...
November 5, 2008
STB: Class I Workforce Shrinks
(12:45 p.m. CST) The size of the U.S. Class I workforce shrunk in September by more than 1 percentage point, the largest drop in months and second-straight month-over-month decline. More...
November 4, 2008
Memorial Honors Fallen Agents
(10:10 a.m. CST) A plaque honoring fallen law enforcement officials who put their lives on the line for the railroads they served, includes the names, dates and locations of the deaths, and the railroads they've represented. More...
November 3, 2008
Crossing Deaths Drop 25 Percent
(03:10 p.m. CST) Fatalities at highway-rail grade crossings continue to decline at a rate rarely experienced since record-keeping began. More...
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