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Pictured (L to R): Union Pacific’s Craig Richardson and Christina Conlin; Norfolk Southern’s Jackie Peets; IntelliTrans’s Matt Everson; and Savage’s Josh Anders. (Photographs courtesy of the respective companies)
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People News: UP, NS, IntelliTrans, Savage

Union Pacific (UP) Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary Craig Richardson will retire in 2025. Also, Norfolk Southern’s (NS) Jackie Peets, a 2018 Railway Age “Fast Tracker,” is recognized

“We’re growing our Premium Transload Program for select transload providers along the CPKC de México network who have met our growth, efficiency, safety and quality metrics,” CPKC reported via social media on Nov. 16. (Screen Grab from CPKC video)

Class I Briefs: CPKC, UP, CSX

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) expands its Premium Transload Program. Also, Union Pacific’s (UP) Mechanical Car Department achieves 1 million hours of safe work; and CSX honors the winners of its 6th Drive to Succeed campaign.

Class I Briefs: NS, UP

Ninety-four customers establish new shipment opportunities with Norfolk Southern (NS) this year. Also, Union Pacific (UP) honors 16 companies with its 2024 Sustainability Partner Award and celebrates Veterans Day with a special tribute on the Nasdaq Tower screen in Times Square.

Volkswagen Group of America on Oct. 2 celebrated the grand opening of its new port facility in Freeport, Tex., which will be rail served by Union Pacific. (Photograph Courtesy of UP)

VWGoA Launches UP-Served Facility in Texas

Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA) recently celebrated the grand opening of a Union Pacific (UP)-served vehicle processing center in Freeport, Tex. The facility, located south of Houston along the Gulf Coast at

CPKC’s expansion of its international railroad bridge linking Laredo, Tex. and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipa, Mexico, is nearing completion. (CPKC Photograph)

Class I Briefs: NS, UP CPKC, CN

Norfolk Southern (NS) makes operational adjustments at local interchanges and yards systemwide to improve cycle times. Also, Union Pacific (UP) supports a timber customer’s growth and announces that three Operating department teams top the leader board for best overall safety record in 2024; Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s (CPKC) international railway bridge expansion project earns a Laredo (Tex.) Economic Development Corporation award; and Walmart Canada recognizes CN with a Strategic Partner of the Year award.