Union Pacific

U.S. intermodal traffic continues upward trend; separately, Kansas City Southern reportedly rejects takeover bid.

The railroad didn’t say where the layoffs occurred, but they affect union and management employees across the 23-state network.

Intermodal was supposed to be the growth engine for rail.

A look at the latest campaign spending reports shows that those in the transportation industries are heavily supporting Democratic candidates, but Trump holds a big edge among companies and PACs.

Union Pacific reports serious damage to its tracks near Lake Charles after Hurricane Laura pushed across Louisiana.

The railroad’s California police force will not ask for the immgiration status of those it comes across on its network.

Hub Group’s second-quarter earnings beat was accompanied by the expectation for intermodal volume to increase in the high-single-digit range for the rest of the year.

Incident happened Wednesday morning in Tempe, Arizona.

The western U.S. railroad looks to take more market share away from trucks.

Coronavirus pandemic and economic uncertainty weigh on UP’s second-quarter earnings.

The Nebraska Public Service Commission is preparing to file a complaint against BNSF, Union Pacific and Nebraska Central over blocked highway-rail grade crossings in Grand Island.

With no end in sight to the pandemic in North America, BMWED says railroads should enhance worker safety.

Rail traffic continued to build through June. U.S. intermodal traffic was only off 5% year-over-year in week 26.

Border agents found 48 stowaways attempting to enter the U.S. illegally at rail crossings at the El Paso, Texas, port of entry.

Class 1 railroads reiterate that some measures they took to cut costs because of the coronavirus could become permanent.

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 restrictions ease.

BNSF and others are monitoring their rail networks as Cristobal moves up the Mississippi River Valley.

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.

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 push volumes higher on a week-to-week basis.

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 much rail volumes fall in the second quarter.