OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific will report a record-low operating ratio for 2018 thanks to an unexpected combination of lower costs and strong traffic volume in December, the railroad said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday. On Nov. 29, UP warned that it did not expect an improvement in its full-year operating ratio due to […]
A UP freight derailed Wednesday in Texas, narrowly missing a house. Ed Miller AUBREY, Texas — A Union Pacific freight train that derailed in Aubrey, Texas, Wednesday morning, narrowly missed a trackside house. CBS station DFW reports that one locomotive and six cars derailed and remained upright. Seven other cars left the tracks and overturned […]
Jim Vena, Union Pacific Chief Operating Officer Canadian National OMAHA, Neb. — Jim Vena is Union Pacific’s $9 billion man. No, that’s not how much Vena will earn as the railroad’s new chief operating officer. Under the terms of his contract, he’ll earn a base salary of $600,000 and will be eligible for an annual […]
Jim Vena, Union Pacific chief operating officer Canadian National OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific has named former Canadian National executive Jim Vena as its chief operating officer, effectively putting a protege of E. Hunter Harrison in charge of its transition to Precision Scheduled Railroading. Vena, 60, served as CN’s chief operating officer from February 2013 […]
A Union Pacific train threads its way through construction at Vale, in River Forest, Ill., where the railroad is building a 1.8-mile section of third track. David Lassen MARCO ISLAND, Fla. – One of the annual limitations of the early January date for the the National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association Conference is that most […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific says its new operating plan continues to gain traction. “Since September, overall operating inventory has been reduced by 10 percent, car velocity is up 7 percent, and dwell is down 10 percent, all of which indicate we’re moving your freight faster,” Kenny Rocker, the railroad’s executive vice president of marketing […]
President Bush’s body is loaded aboard the train for the trip to College Station. Sol Tucker HOUSTON – The U.S. rail industry shined in the bright lights of the public eye in a way not seen in almost 50 years on Dec. 6, as a special Union Pacific passenger train carried the remains of former […]
Behind six units, an eastbound Z-train flies through historic downtown Laramie, Wyo., on June 7, 2018, exactly 150 years to the day that Union Pacific tracks reached the town named for French-Canadian fur trader Jacques La Ramee. Bill Stephens OMAHA, Neb. — More of Union Pacific’s intermodal trains will operate daily, up from five or […]
Nos. 4141 and 1943 on display at Proviso Yard near Chicago on Saturday. Lou Gerard OMAHA, Neb. – The locomotive that pulled the funeral train for former President George H.W. Bush will tour the Union Pacific system in the coming months. The SD70ACe, carrying a special paint scheme modeled after Air Force One and numbered […]
Kiowa, Okla. Google Maps OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Union Pacific officials are looking into what caused a derailment Sunday in eastern Oklahoma. A railroad representative confirms to Trains that 16 cars and a rear-facing locomotive derailed two miles north of Kiowa, Okla., about 6:30 Sunday morning. Seven of the cars had cargo, nine were empty. […]
UP steam shop crew places the front engine under Big Boy No. 4014 on Dec. 11. R.T. Burnham CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 is feeling like at least half of its old self today. Photos published on Facebook news groups showed Union Pacific steam shop crews on Tuesday lifting the smokebox and […]
Union Pacific No. 4141, shown in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2008, is reportedly on its way to the Chicago area. Steve Schmollinger OMAHA, Neb. — The locomotive and baggage car from George H.W. Bush’s funeral train have ended their display in Omaha, and the locomotive is now reportedly heading to the Chicago area. Union Pacific […]
