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Union Pacific Enhances Cargo Security on Numerous Fronts

Amid ever-changing challenges to supply chain security, Union Pacific has undertaken aggressive steps to safeguard its customers’ cargo, including strengthening its infrastructure and deploying technology to surveil its tracks and rail yards.

UP craft professionals Ronald Chapman, far left, and Joe Montiel, far right, rode in the cab of No. 4014 on Aug. 28. (Caption and Photograph Courtesy of UP)
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Once in a Lifetime: UP Honors Four Employees With Big Boy Ride-Along

It’s not every day you get to tour the Union Pacific (UP) Railroad Steam Shop, much less ride in the cab of Big Boy No. 4014, but four Operating Department employees are doing just that on the Heartland of America Tour.

More than 250 UP employees are certified to fly drones. (Caption and Photographs Courtesy of UP)
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Rising to the Occasion: UP Drones Support Safe Operations

Union Pacific (UP) is leveraging technology to support safe operations from every viewpoint—on its tracks, inside its locomotives and hundreds of feet off the ground with its drones.

William T. Canada’s “Bandit Hunters” pursued Butch Cassidy’s “Wild Bunch,” who blew up a Union Pacific express car during a train robbery in Wilcox, Wyo., on June 2, 1899. (Caption and Photographs Courtesy of UP)
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A Century in the Making: UP Special Agent Honored for Pursuing Notorious Train Robbers

Nearly 110 years after his death, Union Pacific (UP) Railroad Chief Special Agent William T. “Bill” Canada is solidifying his place in railroad history with a headstone honoring his efforts to safeguard the nation’s freight from bandits.

2024 50-year honorees, UP, top row, from left: Dana Carman Sr., locomotive engineer; Jack Dugal, locomotive engineer; Mike Freeman, locomotive engineer; Stanley Grishom, locomotive engineer; bottom row, from left: David Perez, locomotive engineer; Joseph Perry, yardperson; Mickey Richard, flagging foreperson; and Vadim Woods, conductor. (Image Courtesy of UP)
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Saluting UP’s 50-Year Railroaders

Continuing a long-standing Union Pacific (UP) tradition, employees achieving 50 years of railroading will be honored May 8, in a special ceremony with UP senior leadership at 11:15 a.m. CT.

Union Pacific’s Shawn Harrison, train dispatcher, has earned 20 consecutive annual safety awards. He is one of 14 railroaders who’s achieved this honor. (Caption and Photograph Courtesy of UP)
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UP Honors Train Dispatchers for ‘Exceptional Safety Focus’

Union Pacific (UP) train dispatchers are the railroad’s protectors, coordinating the safe movement of trains, engineering equipment and employees across more than 32,000 track miles covering 23 states. In recognition of their

The Union Pacific 2023 J.C. Kenefick Safety Award winner Bayson Oxuzidis with, from left, Chief Executive Officer Jim Vena; Bayson’s wife, Jennifer; and Eric Gehringer, Executive Vice President-Operations. (UP Photograph)
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Watch: Bayson Oxuzidis Trailblazes Path at UP

Under the harsh gaze of the Sonoran sun, one leader’s approach to safety is as relentless as the desert heat itself. That quiet force is Bayson Oxuzidis, a dedicated Union Pacific (UP)

UP has implemented new policies and enhanced training for craft professionals across its 23-state network. (Caption and Photograph Courtesy of UP)
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UP Invests in Safety, Launches New Training

Union Pacific (UP) continues making progress toward its goal to be the best in safety, investing in people, enhancing infrastructure, transforming culture and harnessing the transformative power of technology.

Standing next to one of the railcars in Union Pacific’s Heritage Fleet, from left are External Affairs team members Wes Lujan, Andrew Brady and Printz Bolin. (Caption and Photograph Courtesy of UP)
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Union Pacific’s Southern Voice on the Hill Retires After 33 Years

Throughout his career representing Union Pacific (UP) on Capitol Hill leading the railroad’s External Relations team, Printz Bolin has split his life between two very different worlds.

Blue Hesper palm trees grow alongside Union Pacific rails at the Phoenix Transload Facility, where they have coexisted with rail for more than 30 years. (Caption and Photograph Courtesy of UP)
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UP: Rare Palm Trees Provide Unique Growth Opportunity

The Phoenix Transload Facility offers transloading, storage and trucking solutions—but also has a unique item throughout the yard, Blue Hesper Palms.

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