Union Pacific
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Labor union presses railroads on additional coronavirus measures
With no end in sight to the pandemic in North America, BMWED says railroads should enhance worker safety.
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Company earnings
June rail traffic sees recovery ‘accelerate’
Rail traffic continued to build through June. U.S. intermodal traffic was only off 5% year-over-year in week 26.
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CBP finds 48 alleged stowaways in BNSF, UP trains at border
Border agents found 48 stowaways attempting to enter the U.S. illegally at rail crossings at the El Paso, Texas, port of entry.
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Class 1 railroads may make some cost-cutting measures permanent
Class 1 railroads reiterate that some measures they took to cut costs because of the coronavirus could become permanent.
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Have rail volumes bottomed out?
With the second half of the year just weeks away, Class I rail executives are eyeing at least some recovery in rail volumes as shelter-in-place…
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BNSF checks for track damage, Norfolk Southern prepares to resume traffic
BNSF and others are monitoring their rail networks as Cristobal moves up the Mississippi River Valley.
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Operational changes helped railcars move faster, says Union Pacific report
The railroad’s deployment of precision scheduled railroading resulted in faster and longer trains and reduced car sorting, according to the company’s recent sustainability report.
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US rail volumes rise on a week-to-week basis
Despite U.S. rail traffic remaining sharply lower on a year-over-year basis, rail volumes for commodities such as grain and motor vehicles and parts helped to…
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Company earnings
Unknowns cloud cost savings for Union Pacific
The western U.S. railroad can deploy additional cost reduction measures, but how much cost savings it can realize from those measures will depend on how…
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Company earnings
Union Pacific sees first-quarter net profit grow
Despite lower revenues, the western U.S. railroad saw its first-quarter net income increase as the company trimmed quarterly expenses by 10%.
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