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STB directs Union Pacific to continue operating under emergency service order

By Trains Staff | July 5, 2022

| Last updated on February 24, 2024

Ruling says emergency for California feed and poultry firm has eased but risks remain

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Surface Transportation Board logoWASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board has directed Union Pacific to continue providing priority service and reports on that service for a California feed and poultry company under an emergency order issued in June.

In a ruling Friday, the board ordered that while subsequent UP service has mitigated the “dire emergency” faced by Foster Farms facilities in Turlock and Traver, Calif., the facilities are still at risk because their stocks are not fully replenished. It therefore directed UP to continue operating under the emergency service order through July 17 — the remainder of the 30-day period under the original order — as requested by Foster Farms on June 28.

The board issued the original order on June 17, after Foster Farms said issues in receiving scheduled unit trains of corn meant “millions of chickens would be killed and other livestock will suffer” [see “Union Pacific hit with STB emergency service order,Trains News Wire, June 17, 2022].

That order required UP to carry out “specific commitments of service for loaded and empty train sets,” make daily status reports, hold weekly conferences with STB staff, and inform Foster Farms in writing if it had to deviate from its service plans. All those steps will continue.

3 thoughts on “STB directs Union Pacific to continue operating under emergency service order

  1. Union Pacific Modo is Building America sounds like they aren’t Building it Just let your Competition get it Done

  2. So much for believing UP’s statement that the service issue had been resolved already. STB knows better.

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