More environmental assessment and testing will take place at the former Houston Wood Preserving Works (HWPW), which closed in 1984, according to Union Pacific (UP). The Class I railroad inherited the Houston, Tex., site in 1997 after its merger with Southern Pacific Transportation Company (Southern Pacific Railroad).
The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) arbitration program for small rate disputes will not go forward as written in its Dec. 19, 2022, rule.
Union Pacific (UP) Total Safety Culture Coordinator Melissa White of North Platte, Neb., has earned the Class I railroad’s 2022 J.C. Kenefick Safety Award.
The rail accident that occurred Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio, has generated significant interest, curiosity and concern about hazardous materials being transported by rail. Our company, Union Pacific (UP), and all carriers and producers of hazardous materials are reflecting on how well they’re prepared to respond if a similar situation occurs.
Union Pacific (UP) is the second Class I railroad to offer paid sick leave to its employees represented by the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers (NCFO) and the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen Division/TCU (BRC).
Class I railroads CN, Canadian Pacific (CP), CSX and Union Pacific (UP) have been honored in this year’s Standard & Poors (S&P) Global Sustainability Yearbook under the Transportation and Transportation Infrastructure category.
CSX, Norfolk Southern (NS), Union Pacific (UP) and the U.S. operating subsidiaries of CN on Feb. 3 renewed their request that the Surface Transportation Board (STB) stay its requirement that the Class I railroads commit to a new arbitration program for small rate disputes.
How do Union Pacific (UP) employees provide safe and reliable service year-after-year in a 24/7 outdoor factory? Conductor Antonio Marquez credits his 18-year reportable injury-free career to situational awareness and knowing what’s required to safely complete each job.
Following extreme weather events, “our team continues to work hard to recover the network,” Union Pacific (UP) Executive Vice President, Marketing and Sales Kenny Rocker told customers in a Jan. 30 railroad status report.
Amtrak in December called on the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to initiate an investigation into “substandard” customer on-time performance for Sunset Limited service between Louisiana and California. Host freight railroad Union Pacific (UP)—which Amtrak said will likely be the prime focus of the investigation—asked the STB on Jan. 27 to order mediation for Amtrak, UP and the other host railroads involved “to resolve or narrow the issues in dispute.”
