CTC allocates $55M to rail, safety projects in California
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $814 million to 135 transportation projects in the state and includes $55 million to four rail and safety projects.
Union Pacific
Union Pacific announces marketing & sales leadership appointments
Union Pacific announced multiple Marketing & Sales leadership appointments, effective Sept. 1:
For UP, a challenging second quarter
Revenue declines in six traffic groups were a key contributing factor in Union Pacific’s second-quarter financials, for which the railroad reported diluted earnings per share of $1.17, a 15% decline from the prior-year quarter; operating income of $1.66 billion, down 15%; and an operating ratio of 65.2%, up 1.1 points.
NTSB replies to senators after Oregon crude derailment
In a reply dated July 5, 2016, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) responded to a letter from Oregon’s U.S. senators regarding the June 3 Union Pacific oil train derailment in Mosier, Ore.
Oregon Governor: ‘Halt Oil Trains in Oregon’
Oregon Governor Kate Brown released the following statement regarding the Federal Railroad Administration’s June 23rd Preliminary Factual Findings Report on the June 3rd derailment of Union Pacific’s crude oil train:
FRA faults bolts, brakes and UP in June 3 crude oil derailment
The Federal Railroad Administration on June 23, 2106 released its preliminary findings on the June 3 Oregon crude oil derailment and found at fault: bolts, brakes and Union Pacific.
Rail Insights: UP locomotive orders
From Chicago, and Railway Age’s Rail Insights Conference and Expo today, June 7:
From Chicago: Rail Insights: Rob Knight
From Chicago, and Railway Age’s Rail Insights Conference and Expo today, June 7:
Rail Insights: Union Pacific and PTC
From Chicago, and Railway Age’s Rail Insights Conference and Expo today, June 7:
UP Bakken crude oil train derails in Oregon
A Union Pacific train carrying 96 carloads of Bakken crude to a refinery in Tacoma, Wash., derailed in Mosier, Ore., on June 3.