OMAHA, Neb. — After nearly a month, Union Pacific officials still decline to comment on two viral videos posted online this fall depicting scandalous behavior on the railroad’s rights-of-way. Both have raised concerns about copycat behavior. The first video, dubbed “Flight of the Year,” depicts a drone flying around a Union Pacific freight train in […]
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Runbys and pacing on my N scale layout
We ran some trains just for fun on my N scale model railroad in this video. I model the Union Pacific Evanston Subdivision which runs from Green River, Wyoming, west to Ogden, Utah. — Roy Smith […]
Runbys and pacing on my N scale layout
We ran some trains just for fun on my N scale model railroad in this video. I model the Union Pacific Evanston Subdivision which runs from Green River, Wyoming, west to Ogden, Utah. — Roy Smith […]
Union Pacific, Watco invest in refrigerated train business NEWSWIRE
KETCHUM, Idaho — Union Pacific and Watco Cos.’ East Idaho Railroad are making investments in a refrigerated rail business that moves produce and other food from the West Coast to Upstate New York, Capital Press reports. The rail service begins in Wallula, Wash., on Union Pacific rails. The refrigerated cars then pass through Oregon before […]
UP conditionally OK’s Flatonia, Texas, ‘Sunset’ stop NEWSWIRE
Attendees at Saturday’s St. Louis TEMPO meeting that are working toward a Sunset Limited Flatonia, Texas, stop: Clockwise from top left: Mark Murphy and Eric Hosey (Amtrak); Dennis Geesaman, Mark Eversole, and Mark McLaughlin (Flatonia); Josephine Jordan and Kim Fossland (Union Pacific); Jay Fountain (Amtrak-retired); and Tom Mulligan (UP-retired). Bob Johnston ST. LOUIS — Eight years […]
‘Canadian’ passengers suffer timekeeping woes this summer
Westbound passengers have missed Canadian Rockies scenery at Jasper, Alta., on a 6 hours-late Canadian on Nov. 21, 2014 Bob Johnston VANCOUVER, B.C. — If you had any doubt that VIA Rail Canada trains are suffering schedule setbacks, look no further than the Aug. 6 Canadian that arrived in Vancouver nearly 24 hours late. The […]
Union Pacific Challenger on the move
Union Pacific’s roving goodwill ambassador, 4-6-6-4 No. 3985, rolls through Cole Junction, Mo., while pulling the Missouri River Eagle special west of Jefferson City, Mo., on Oct 4, 2010. Peter N. Davis photo […]
City of Portland at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum
This video features the Union Pacific streamliner, the City of Portland, operating at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. (Newly edited version) […]
City of Portland at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum
This video features the Union Pacific streamliner, the City of Portland, operating at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. (Newly edited version) […]
UP outlines plans for ‘Nebraska 150 Express’ statewide tour train NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific’s A-B-A set of EMD E9s will supply power to next month’s Whistle Stop train through Nebraska. Union Pacific LINCOLN, Neb. – Union Pacific’s streamlined E9s and a fleet of passenger cars will tour the state of Nebraska early next month as part of a whistle stop tour celebrating Nebraska’s sesquicentennial. Elected officials and […]
Railfan blamed in weekend crash while chasing No. 844 in Nebraska NEWSWIRE
The general vicinity of where a two-vehicle crash took place after a railfan struck a truck head-on while chasing UP No. 844. Google Maps KENNARD, Neb. – Three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash on Saturday after a railfan hit another truck head-on while chasing Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 844 on its run back […]
UP buys Iowa depot in preparation for a Mississippi River bridge project NEWSWIRE
A westbound freight passes the Clinton depot in 2006. Chris Guss CLINTON, Iowa – It’s not common that Class I railroads purchase depots in 2017, however Union Pacific has recently purchased the Clinton depot on 11th Avenue South, the Clinton Herald reports. A real-estate transfer document obtained by the newspaper shows that the building was […]
