Ten Canadian communities receive grants totaling $500,000 from the CN EcoConnexions – From the Ground Up program. Meanwhile, CN, Union Pacific (UP), and Grupo México Transportes earn spots in S&P Global’s Sustainability Yearbook 2025. Also, BNSF wheel plant employees in Nebraska mark a safety milestone.
Union Pacific (UP) on Feb. 10 provided an update on its work with Metra to “finalize the safe and seamless transfer of commuter rail services on three lines in the Chicago metropolitan area: the Union Pacific North, Northwest, and West Lines.”
Norfolk Southern’s (NS) Engineering team exceeds one million man-hours without injury. Also, Baltimore’s 125-year-old Howard Street Tunnel has officially closed for reconstruction, marking a major milestone toward modernizing CSX’s I-95 Rail Corridor; and Union Pacific (UP) Senior Director, Public Affairs Tom Evenson recognizes Sterling, Ill., as a UP “Train Town.”
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Jan. 30 released a preliminary report for its ongoing investigation of the Dec. 18, 2024, Union Pacific (UP) train collision with a highway vehicle at a highway-railroad grade crossing Pecos, Texas.
Union Pacific teams navigated unprecedented blizzard conditions earlier this month as a once-in-a-lifetime winter storm hit Texas and Louisiana’s Gulf Coast. Railroad employees safely provided service to customers amid record snowfall, icy conditions and historic frigid temperatures.
Last year’s environmental and operational achievements, including rail-related infrastructural projects to boost capacity, plus this year’s goals were highlighted during the recent State of the Port addresses by Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka and Port of Long Beach CEO Mario Cordero in California.
Stardust Power Inc. on Jan. 22 officially broken ground on a battery-grade lithium refinery in Muskogee, Okla., that will be served by Union Pacific (UP) via Port Muskogee’s Midland Valley Branch Line.
Union Pacific’s 4Q24 and Full-Year (FY) 2024 financial results (download below) reflected revenue carload growth, and improvements in freight car velocity, employee productivity, operating income and operating ratio. The Class I posted
Union Pacific Railroad is making it easier—and more transparent—for states and local communities to work with the railroad on infrastructure projects that cross paths with its tracks.