Call it a “Marty Party” scheduled for April 26-27 at which CEOs of the four largest U.S.-headquartered railroads will be placed as frogs on a lily pad in a lake of pain to be grilled as suspects in the offense of failing to provide adequate service to shippers.
As part of a special series in Railway Age’s March 2022 issue, 11 North American railroad CEOs address what must be done to grow and gain market share from competing freight transportation modes. Here, Lance Fritz, Chairman, President and CEO of Union Pacific, shares his perspective in this 7th edition of the series.
Union Pacific (UP) will donate a total of $500,000 to the American Red Cross and Save the Children in support of humanitarian efforts in the Ukraine.
In celebration of Women’s History Month, Union Pacific (UP) shares the stories of five women who have made their mark in the transportation industry.
Union Pacific (UP) will begin using a higher biodiesel blend in locomotives acquired from Wabtec, the Class I railroad reported on March 8.
A Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern combination without conditions “would likely cause a significant loss of competition, especially for traffic moving via the Laredo Gateway,” Union Pacific (UP) told the Surface Transportation Board (STB) in comments filed Feb. 28.
Jaguar Transport Holdings on March 1 began operating the 60-mile Missouri Eastern Railroad (MER), its seventh short line.
Union Pacific (UP) is utilizing technology and mobilizing its workforce to reduce fuel consumption and its carbon footprint.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) on Feb. 25 released for Board approval a Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for an approximately 90-mile extent of the 145-mile San Jose to Merced Project Section in Northern California.
Union Pacific (UP) Track Supervisor Lakish Vanzant of Chicago has earned the Class I railroad’s 2021 J.C. Kenefick Safety Award.