Union Pacific

The Surface Transportation Board wants to know why Union Pacific has been issuing hundreds of embargoes since 2018.

The head of the railroads’ key regulator spoke at RailTrends and was highly critical of the industry’s job cutting of recent years.

UP is keeping a “growth mindset” as it looks to 2023 despite economic headwinds and an unresolved labor situation.

The Surface Transportation Board logged over 25 hours last week to hear from stakeholders about the advantages and drawbacks of the proposed Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern merger.

Union Pacific and the Railway Supply Institute are among those forming partnerships, while the CREATE Program gets a $70 million federal grant.

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 to expect delays.

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 at an investor conference this week.

Companies tout it as ‘largest investment in modernized locomotives in rail industry history’

Union Pacific on Wednesday enlisted Wabtec to modernize 600 locomotives to improve fuel efficiency, reliability and haulage ability.

Union Pacific executives said it wasn’t precision scheduled railroading but running the network too tightly that brought on the service issues.

The STB is sifting through hundreds of pages on the perceived advantages and disadvantages of a merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern.

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 the technology.

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 that request.

Japanese shipping firm Ocean Network Express has filed a lawsuit against Union Pacific because a shipment of solar panels was stolen in transit.

OceaNS Bridge Express, a partnership among NS, Union Pacific, Hapag-Lloyd and the Port of Virginia, could be a means to avoid West Coast port congestion while taking advantage of East Coast port capacity improvements.

The Western U.S. railroad joins the seven-member industry coalition as well as provides an update at an investor conference on how operations are going.

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators wants the Surface Transportation Board to take action to address service delays and congestion on the freight rail network.

TuSimple, the autonomous truck developer is delaying its purpose-built driverless truck to 2025 while slowing its roll in other areas.

Precision scheduled railroading will help the western U.S. railroad recover service more efficiently, UP executives argue.

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