Rochelle Intermodal Transload Center (RITC) breaks ground. Also, Lineage Logistics, LLC (Lineage Logistics) renews participation in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) SmartWay Transport Partnership.
Watco on Nov. 1 announced the completion of a recent $6.7 million expansion and improvement project at its Refugio, Tex.-based rail, storage and transloading facility, which has “created increased railcar capacity resulting in a 600-car storage-in-transit (SIT) yard with heightened security,” the company said in a press release.
As the world grapples with pandemic fallout, recessionary conditions, supply chain challenges and labor shortages, railroads remain a lynchpin for economic growth. For Union Pacific, that responsibility means safeguarding our employees, meeting customer commitments, responsibly supporting communities, and consistently delivering shareholder expectations.
Union Pacific (UP) is supporting 514 nonprofit organizations with more than $5.1 million in grants as part of its Community Ties Giving Program in 2022.
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Oct. 28 ordered all Class I railroads to submit weekly performance and monthly employment data for six additional months, until May 5, 2023. BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern (NS) and Union Pacific (UP) must also submit biweekly service progress reports for another six months as well as an interim update, due Dec. 2, 2022, that covers performance and labor force targets and any service recovery plan modifications.
Service and capital project updates were the focus of Oct. 27 customer messages from BNSF Group Vice President, Consumer Products Tom Williams and Union Pacific (UP) Executive Vice President, Marketing and Sales Kenny Rocker.
Union Pacific (UP) “made positive strides in the third quarter to increase network fluidity and better meet customer demand,” UP Chairman, President and CEO Lance Fritz said during an Oct. 20 earnings report.
Union Pacific (UP) employees may notice some new tech riding the rails this fall—50 railcars equipped with a GPS device are being released onto the network, providing real-time information and visibility of the car’s location, condition and health to shippers, railcar owners and railroads.
RailPulse has an eighth member: Pittsburgh, Penn.-based railway investment and management company Railroad Development Corporation (RDC), which on Oct. 19 joined the coalition established in late 2020 to “develop, broaden and accelerate the use of GPS and other telematics technologies in North America’s freight rail industry.”
Union Pacific (UP) has presented its 2022 Chairman’s Environmental Award to Grace Olsen, General Director-Locomotive Engineering and Quality, Mechanical. The award, established in 1994, recognizes a UP employee who demonstrates “outstanding environmental awareness, leadership and responsibility.”
