An inbound Metra train approaches the site where preparations are under way to add a third track on the Union Pacific West line near River Forest, Ill., in December 2018. Metra has agreed to built a soundwall at the site in response to concerns from adjacent homeowners. TRAINS: David Lassen RIVER FOREST, Ill. — Responding […]
Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 passes through Deseret, Utah, on Friday. The Big Boy’s trip through southern Utah on Saturday apparently figured in a six-car accident that injured two people. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn BERYL, Utah — Six vehicles were involved in an accident apparently sparked by efforts to see Union Pacific Big Boy No. […]
A westbound Union Pacific train snakes through the switches at Vale, where UP’s main line goes from three to two tracks, in December 2018. Construction of a third track from Vale to Provo Junction will begin this week. TRAINS: David Lassen Ballast shows the path of the third track to be built from Vale to […]
Join Trains for Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014’s Great Southwest Tour. In this video, Trains editors take you on the road between Caliente, Nevada, and Las Vegas as Big Boy rolls to California. […]
In a down year for North American rail volumes, Union Pacific led the third quarter decline in traffic among the six big systems, with its intermodal volume slumping 12% and its overall carloads off by 9%. Among the big four U.S. systems, BNSF Railway fared the best in the third quarter. Its intermodal volume was […]
Join Trains for Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014’s Great Southwest Tour. In this video, Trains editors take you on the road between Millford, Utah, and Caliente, Nevada as Big Boy rolls to California. […]
Join Trains for Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014’s journey through the U.S. Southwest with this video from Wyoming! Big Boy is headed to California for excursion between the Los Angeles basin on Cajon Pass before heading through Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Colorado. Route information is available online. […]
Big Boy No. 4014 takes Track 3 across Sherman Hill at Speer, Wyo., on Sept. 27, 2019, on the start of its 60-day journey across the southwest and south. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 begins the third day of its exhaustive Southwestern tour today with a trip […]
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 […]
