August 15, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Driving a "golden spike" marked the start of construction on the latest industrial-served rail park in Texas, this one in the piney woods of East Texas at Longview.Executives and team members of Custom Inc., a...
July 26, 2024 - TRA Newswire -"Our second quarter performance demonstrates the team's ability to deliver strong results". The words of Jim Vena, Union Pacific Chief Executive Officer. UP grew it's Q2 profit by seven percent even while the number of...
July 12, 2024 - TRA Newswire - Eliminating a cumbersome move from ship-to-truck-to-rail at Union Pacific Railroad's Port Houston on-dock service is paying off with additional inland markets added in 2024.The sucessful service, which began in May 2023, enables intermodal containers...
July 2, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Union Pacific Railroad is on the prowl for new locations that can host large-scale industrial rail parks and, this week, announced five centers across their network to provide transportation solutions to business and industries.Focus...
June 18, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Union Pacific's "Heartland of America Tour" that starts August 29 in Cheyenne, Wyoming will see its legendary steam locomotive Big Boy No. 4014 whistle its way through towns and cities in Texas by early...
June 6, 2024 - KTBS.com -A NorthEast Texas industrial site is working with Union Pacific Railroad to bring more economic development opportunities to the region.The TexAmericas Center in Hooks was recently chosen to participate in the Union Pacific focus site program....
May 30, 2024 - TRA Newswire -The steady drumbeat of severe storms in Texas this month affected both the movement of freight and passengers across the state. Severe storms from Houston to New Orleans earlier this month had Union Pacific Railroad...
April 29, 2024 -globaltrademag.com -Following a period of sluggish performance, US intermodal traffic is on the rise, signaling potential for further growth. Union Pacific’s new route between Chicago and southern California, along with the addition of on-dock rail service at...
April 23, 2023 - TRA Newswire - Independent freight rail analyst Tony Hatch, at the Southwestern Rail Conference, said that freight railroads face daunting challenges from hedge funds that see Class 1's in excellent financial condition, the best shape they have...
April 8, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Rail business keeps getting better in Texas. Near Austin in the Central Texas city of Taylor and in the Texas Panhandle at Stratford.In Taylor, outside of Austin, three companies have purchased substantial tracts of land in...