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Rail Roundup: Green initiatives, Windy City rehab
Union Pacific and the Railway Supply Institute are among those forming partnerships, while the CREATE Program gets a $70 million federal grant.
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Class I railroads to suspend security-sensitive shipments ahead of potential strike
Uncertainties over whether union members will go on strike next Friday are causing the U.S. Class I railroads to embargo certain shipments and tell customers…
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Some Class I railroads optimistic about volume growth, hiring initiatives
The CEOs of Union Pacific, CSX and Norfolk Southern anticipate rail volumes to grow amid service improvements and despite macroeconomic uncertainties, according to their comments…
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Daily Infographic: Union Pacific signs record $1B deal with Wabtec to modernize locomotives
Companies tout it as ‘largest investment in modernized locomotives in rail industry history’
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Union Pacific signs record $1B deal with Wabtec to modernize locomotives
Union Pacific on Wednesday enlisted Wabtec to modernize 600 locomotives to improve fuel efficiency, reliability and haulage ability.
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Improving service will be key focus for Union Pacific, executives say
Union Pacific executives said it wasn’t precision scheduled railroading but running the network too tightly that brought on the service issues.
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Surface Transportation Board receives earful on CP-KCS merger
The STB is sifting through hundreds of pages on the perceived advantages and disadvantages of a merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern.
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TTD and Union Pacific disagree over safety technology deployment
Union Pacific is seeking to extend its tests on wheel temperature detectors, but the Transportation Trades Department disagrees with the way UP wants to deploy…
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Union Pacific ordered to improve service to California chicken processors
Foster Poultry Farms asked STB last week to order UP to improve rail service to two poultry processing plants in California. The board agreed to…
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Japanese shipping company suing Union Pacific over solar panels stolen from train
Japanese shipping firm Ocean Network Express has filed a lawsuit against Union Pacific because a shipment of solar panels was stolen in transit.
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