100-car Union Pacific coal train at Extreme Trains November 2018
Watch this 100-car Union Pacific coal train at the November 2018 Colorado Model Railroad Museum Extreme Trains event. […]
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100-car Union Pacific coal train at Extreme Trains November 2018
Watch this 100-car Union Pacific coal train at the November 2018 Colorado Model Railroad Museum Extreme Trains event. […]
283-car Union Pacific Coal Train at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum
Watch a 283-car Union Pacific coal train climb the 2.5 percent grade to the Quartz Mountain summit. Powered by 11 locomotives — two on the head end, with five more sets distributed through the train. The train is three scale miles long (200 actual feet) and weighs 30,000 prototype tons. Engineers Luke Brendsel and Scott Warren […]
283-car Union Pacific Coal Train at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum
Watch a 283-car Union Pacific coal train climb the 2.5 percent grade to the Quartz Mountain summit. Powered by 11 locomotives — two on the head end, with five more sets distributed through the train. The train is three scale miles long (200 actual feet) and weighs 30,000 prototype tons. Engineers Luke Brendsel and Scott Warren […]
So far, it’s smooth sailing for Union Pacific operational changes NEWSWIRE
OMAHA, Neb. — The first phase of Union Pacific’s shift to an operating plan based on the principles of Precision Scheduled Railroading appears to be going smoothly. Federal regulators have not received shipper complaints about service and are satisfied that the railroad is keeping its customers informed as it methodically rolls out operational changes on […]
Union Pacific pleased with early progress on Precision Scheduled Railroading NEWSWIRE
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific is accelerating the rollout of its Precision Scheduled Railroading operating plan after encouraging signs from the first round of changes on the eastern portion of its system. “While early, I am pleased with the initial results as we’ve seen improvements in several key performance indicators on our network,” CEO Lance […]
Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 40 Union Pacific Sunset Route
Drew Halverson and his crew continue making the most of their trek into the Arizona desert. This time the guys scope out sites along Union Pacific’s transcontinental main line until the sweltering heat becomes unbearable. But even then, the intense action continues at the border town of Nogales, Arizona, in downtown Tucson, Ariz., and along […]
Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 40 Union Pacific Sunset Route
Drew Halverson and his crew continue making the most of their trek into the Arizona desert. This time the guys scope out sites along Union Pacific’s transcontinental main line until the sweltering heat becomes unbearable. But even then, the intense action continues at the border town of Nogales, Arizona, in downtown Tucson, Ariz., and along […]
Union Pacific crash remains under investigation NEWSWIRE
Rail cars are strewn about Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, in a sparsely populated area about 18 miles west of Cheyenne, Wyo., after a freight train crashed into the back of another freight train the night before. The crashed killed at least one crew member with another missing and derailing more than 50 train cars. Jacob […]
Union Pacific bridge collapses, train derails in Iowa NEWSWIRE
ALTON, Iowa – Nearly 40 cars derailed and spilled into a river in northwestern Iowa Sunday morning after a bridge collapsed underneath a Union Pacific freight train near Alton. Union Pacific spokesman Justin E. Jacobs tells Trains News Wire there were 95 cars on the train and about 37 cars derailed. “An undetermined number of […]
Union Pacific aims to boost profits, service with Precision Scheduled Railroading NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific multilevel automobile trains pass east of North Platte, Neb., on the railroad’s Overland Route in June 2018. UP has shifted 70 percent of its automotive traffic out of unit trains and into the merchandise network Bill Stephens OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific’s embrace of Precision Scheduled Railroading principles came just two months after […]
Union Pacific donates $1 million to Utah’s 150th celebration of the Gold Spike NEWSWIRE
UP will support the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad with a $1 million matching donation to the state of Utah. Trains: Jim Wrinn SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Union Pacific said Thursday it will match the $1 million Utah is spending to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad next May 10. “This […]
