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OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 will be home in time for Thanksgiving — arriving at the Cheyenne shops on Nov. 27 after it completes the tour it begins today. In an email to members of the Union Pacific Steam Club, railroad officials announced that after Big Boy’s Southwest Tour stops […]
Rob Knight, outgoing UP chief financial officer Union Pacific Jennifer Hamann, incoming UP chief financial officer Union Pacific OMAHA, Neb. — The dean of railroad chief financial officers, Union Pacific’s Rob Knight, will retire at the end of the year. UP yesterday named Jennifer Hamann, who currently serves as senior vice president — finance, as […]
UP 4014 will be in steam today in Cheyenne. Trains: Jim Wrinn CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Big Boy is alive again. Union Pacific No. 4014 was expected to make a short test run today and the Cheyenne Depot Museum announced a flash visit this afternoon. The museum posted the following on its Facebook page this morning: […]
Kansas City Southern lines affected by flooding Kansas City Southern BEAUMONT, Texas — Heavy rains and flash floods interrupted Gulf Coast operations of Union Pacific and Kansas City Southern along the Texas coast line. With more than 10 inches of rain as Tropical Storm Imelda stalled Wednesday over the Beaumont area, Union Pacific officials predicted […]
LONG BEACH, Calif. — The impact of scheduled railroading on Canadian National’s intermodal network 15 years ago may show the path CSX Transportation, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific will follow as they embrace the operating model of the late E. Hunter Harrison. CN slashed low-margin services, shut terminals, and shed volume while […]
DENVER — The Colorado Department of Transportation is close to buying a closed Union Pacific rail yard near downtown Denver, which could figure into the state’s efforts to begin Front Range passenger rail service or could help address a bottleneck in Denver’s light rail system. Colorado Public Radio reports that Colorado DOT would like to […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — A second westbound lane has been opened on Portland’s North Going Street Bridge, damaged by a Union Pacific derailment on Sept. 7. The lane was reopened Sunday, the Oregonian reports. Two locomotives and three tank cars derailed, hitting and damaging two support beams, which led to damage to the bridge deck. [See […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific has reversed itself on charging penalties to truckers for cancellations and no-shows for reserved intermodal slots. The controversial charges were part of the July rollout of UP’s Intermodal Terminal Reservations System. Cancellations of intermodal reservations later than 24 hours before gate cutoff brought a $25 fee; no-shows resulted in a […]
The scene at Dupo on Tuesday afternoon after crews knocked down the flames. Steve Smedley DUPO, Ill. – A Union Pacific freight train has derailed in Dupo on Tuesday, resulting in a fire. The incident happened in the southeast suburb of St. Louis, Mo., south of East St. Louis. According to the railroad, around 12:45 […]
PORTLAND — Union Pacific has identified a broken rail as the cause of a Saturday derailment that damaged a heavily-used bridge that is the only public route into an industrial area, KPTV-12 reports. Two locomotives and three cars derailed in the Saturday incident, hitting supports for the North Going Street bridge. [See “Union Pacific derailment […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — A busy bridge into a Portland industrial area could be backed up for weeks or even months as a result of a Union Pacific derailment on Saturday. Four of the six lanes of the North Going Street bridge have been shut down after two locomotives and three tank cars derailed in a […]
Big Boy No, 4014 is back on the main line Sept. 27. Trains: Jim Wrinn CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 will depart Cheyenne on Sept. 27 for its fall tour that will cover much of the southwest and southern U.S. served by the UP. The railroad on Wednesday released operating and […]
