Nicholas J. Randall, COO, FreightCar America (left); and Rahul Jalali, Executive Vice President, UP (right).

People News: FreightCar America, UP

FreightCar America, Inc. (FreightCar America) appoints Nicholas J. Randall as Chief Operating Officer. Also, Union Pacific (UP) promotes Chief Information Officer Rahul Jalali to Executive Vice President.

Northern California Service Unit team members providing local service to 19 customers in Redding, California. From left, Union Pacific employees Ralph Chase, locomotive engineer; Justin Laird, conductor; and Kevin Koschnick, brakeperson.
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Thanks to Top-Notch Service, California Cement Producer Expands Yard

A strong working relationship led one of Union Pacific’s Redding, California, customers to recently invest in its rail operations, installing two new tracks to grow its cement business with Union Pacific and boost the local economy.

UP Issues 2022 ESG Report

Union Pacific (UP) on May 11 released the 2022 Building America Report, an update on its Environment, Sustainability and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

UP, Tiger Cool to Reinstate Temperature-Controlled Intermodal Rail Service in Eastern Wash.

Union Pacific (UP) on May 5 announced a new partnership with refrigerated carrier Tiger Cool Express LLC to reinstate temperature-controlled intermodal rail service in eastern Washington.

Unit crude from North Dakota to the Pacific Northwest crosses Lake Pend Oreille outside Sandpoint, Idaho, on April 29, 2023, using BNSF’s new bridge that entered service in November 2022. Workers on the older, adjacent bridge are placing concrete caps on new piers as part of a major renovation of the 119-year-old structure. (Photograph and Caption, Bruce E. Kelly)

BNSF Rebuilds One Bridge, Begins Another in the Northwest

Progress is well under way on structural upgrades to BNSF’s 119-year-old Bridge 3.9A over Lake Pend Oreille outside Sandpoint, Idaho. The completion in November 2022 of the adjacent 4,873-foot long Bridge 3.9B

UP Embargo Update: We’re Making ‘Significant Progress’

Union Pacific (UP) on April 27 submitted a year-to-date progress report on embargoes, inventory management and system fluidity to the Surface Transportation Board (STB), which last year ordered the Class I to

NARS President Bruce Mann

NARS 2023 Annual Meeting: ‘A New Era in Railroading’

The North American Rail Shippers Association (NARS) will host its annual meeting May 24-26, 2023, in Chicago. This year’s theme is “A New Era in Railroading.”

Lance Fritz, Chairman, President and CEO, Union Pacific
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CEO PERSPECTIVE: Measuring Success by the Impact on the Many, Not the Few

As part of a special series in Railway Age’s April 2023 issue, 13 chief executives of leading North American companies answer the single-most critical question: What is the biggest challenge facing the North American rail industry? Lance Fritz of Union Pacific is the sixth to share his perspective.

(Union Pacific Photograph)

UP Chemical Shippers Reach Safety ‘Pinnacle’

Union Pacific (UP) has recognized 95 companies with its Pinnacle Award for their dedication to safely transporting chemical products by rail.

BNSF’s second-annual awards program recognizing customers for significant achievement in sustainability is now open for nominations.

Class I Briefs: BNSF, CN, CPKC, CSX, CPKC/NS/UP

BNSF opens nominations for its 2023 sustainability awards program. Also, CN and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) reach a tentative agreement; Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) celebrates its hydrogen locomotive pilot program on Earth Day; CSX recognizes 13 customers for environmental excellence; and executives from CPKC, Norfolk Southern (NS) and Union Pacific (UP) earn spots on the Constellation Research ESG50 List for 2023.

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