Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 844 prepares to leave Cheyenne on July 19 to deadhead to Denver for the Denver Post Cheyenne Frontier Days Special. Jim Wrinn DENVER – Railroaders and safety advocates are speaking out about trackside safety after the weekend’s fatal incident with Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 844 north of Denver. The incident occurred […]
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Details emerge about a pedestrian struck and killed by UP 4-8-4 in Colorado
DENVER — Details are emerging about the moment leading up to a person’s death Saturday after being struck by Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 844 north of Denver. About 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, the Denver Post Cheyenne Frontier Days train, a chartered special led by Union Pacific 4-8-4 Northern No. 844 and made up of 21 […]
UP No. 844 involved in pedestrian fatality; locomotive will not run on scheduled Sunday trip NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific No. 844 prepares to leave on Thursday’s deadhead move to Denver for the Denver Post Cheyenne Frontier Days Special. That train was involved in a fatal pedestrian accident on Saturday, and No. 844 will not run today as scheduled. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn DENVER, Colo. — Union Pacific steam engine No. 844 will not […]
Analysts ask why Union Pacific isn’t more like CSX NEWSWIRE
OMAHA, Neb. — CSX Transportation’s financial turnaround — including a record-low quarterly operating ratio of 58.6 percent — may increase Wall Street pressure on the rest of the American railroad industry. Analysts compared Union Pacific’s second-quarter results with those of CSX and during the railroad’s earnings call on Thursday asked executives why UP doesn’t measure […]
Schedule set for UP steam trips; passenger cars delivered to Cheyenne NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific’s salute to armed forces unit, No. 1943, powers a Monday deadhead move delivering passenger cars to Cheyenne, Wyo., for excursions this weekend. Brad J. Williams Union Pacific is preparing to run its only steam excursions of the year, the Cheyenne Frontier Days special and a subsequent trip, after a deadhead move on Monday […]
Western, Canadian railroads paying serious money for train crews and mechanics NEWSWIRE
Canadian Pacific website Union Pacific via Twitter CHICAGO — You could be whistling “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” all the way to bank if you hire out with a Class I railroad that’s having a hard time finding new employees. As the job market tightens and rail traffic climbs, Union Pacific and BNSF Railway […]
Union Pacific to renumber SD70M No. 4014 before Big Boy runs NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific SD70M No. 4014 leads Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 and SD70M No. 4884 at Laramie, Wyo., in May 2014 on the ferry move of the steam locomotive from California to Wyoming. Trains: Jim Wrinn OMAHA, Neb. – If you got photos of Union Pacific SD70M No. 4014 before it became famous as the […]
Amtrak stops busing ‘Starlight’ passengers around collapsed tunnel NEWSWIRE
Amtrak’s Coast Starlight passes through Chatsworth, Calif., in February 2018. Amtrak is no longer busing passengers around a collapsed tunnel on the Starlight route. TRAINS: David Lassen OAKRIDGE, Ore. — Amtrak service between the Pacific Northwest and California has been severed after the passenger railroad announced this week that it would no longer be busing […]
Union Pacific gears up for technological revolution NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific is responding to disruptive technology — including the potential onslaught of platooned and driverless trucks — with technological advancements that aim to make the railroad more competitive. “The world’s changing pretty dramatically. We all see it,” CEO Lance Fritz told investors and analysts at the railroad’s Investor Day […]
UPDATE: Tunnel collapse shuts down UP in the Cascades NEWSWIRE
Oakridge, Ore. Google Maps OAKRIDGE, Ore. — Union Pacific’s Cascade Subdivision in Oregon is shut down this week after a tunnel collapsed near Oakridge. UP spokesperson Justin Jacobs says part of the tunnel roof collapsed on Tuesday afternoon, impacting about 50 feet of track. The collapse occurred while maintenance was being conducted on the tunnel […]
Union Pacific confirms Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 for Ogden in 2019 and more NEWSWIRE
Big Boy No. 4014 will be in Ogden on May 10, 2019. This photo was made in Ogden in May 2014 as the dead locomotive was moved from California to Cheyenne for restoration. Trains: Jim Wrinn CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Union Pacific confirmed Thursday that Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 will be in Ogden, Utah, exactly […]
UP steam excursion to run Denver-Cheynne July 22 NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 844 in pictured at LaSalle, Colo., in 2009. Bruce A. Daugherty The Union Pacific Museum Association will host a special passenger trip on Union Pacific historic equipment July 22, from Denver, Colorado, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, pulled by the “Living Legend,” steam locomotive, UP No. 844. All proceeds generated from the special […]