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UP drives up revenue and income, drives down operating ratio in Q3

November 1st, 2025
November 1, 2025 - ProgressiveRailroading.com - Union Pacific Corp. reported encouraging third-quarter financial results that include higher revenue, income and earnings. Operating revenue ticked up 3% to $6.2 billion, freight revenue (excluding fuel) increased 4% to $5.3 billion, operating income rose 6% to $2.5 billion, net income climbed 7% to $1.8 billion, diluted earnings per...

UP wants a shot at serving a Bay City petrochemical plant, now only reached by BNSF

September 25th, 2025
September 25, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Union Pacific Railroad is looking at a little friendly competition and is proposing to build a new 5 mile long branch line that would serve a petrochemical facility in Bay City, Texas. That polymer...

Amtrak settles Sunset Limited freight interference case against Union Pacific

August 10th, 2025
August 10, 2025 - RailPassengers.org -Just a few days following Union Pacific’s announcement of its intent to merge with Norfolk Southern, Amtrak revealed it has settled with UP over its long-running late-trains proceeding and asked the Surface Transportation Board to dismiss the...

Union Pacific & Norfolk Southern $85 billion deal has intermodal shippers rethinking their carriers

August 4th, 2025
August 4, 2025 - TRA Newswire - The announcement that Union Pacific will purchase east-coast Class 1 Norfolk Southern for $85 billion and create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad has large intermodal shippers in Texas and nationwide rethinking who their carrier...

Merger mania hits the railroads: Western UP and BNSF now angling for new Eastern marriage partners

July 22nd, 2025
July 22, 2025 - TRA Commentary -Except for some consolidation in the short line railroad arena and Canadian Pacific Railway-Kansas City Southern morphing into CPKC in April 2023, merger talks between Class 1's had been deathly silent. Until recently, that is.Last...

Union Pacific reports 1st Quarter: revenue and income flat, but some bright spots

April 24th, 2025
April 24, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Union Pacific operating revenue was $6 billion in the first quarter of 2025, pretty much flat on a 7% growth in volume in their mix of business lines. Operating income was $2.4 billion for...

UP to close Palestine East Texas shops, county continues to fight it

March 11th, 2025
March 11, 2025 - Trains.com -Union Pacific on Monday notified employees at its Palestine, Texas, car shop that their current jobs would be eliminated following the latest ruling in a long-running court battle over an agreement dating to 1872.The Dallas Morning...

Union Pacific to serve major new grain facility in Texas panhandle

March 1st, 2025
March 1, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Viterra, a global network that connects producers to consumers, announced the groundbreaking at a new grain facility in the Texas panhandle town of Dalhart.The plant's grain handling system will be served with a new...

Senators Nichols, Alvarado file bill for railroad grade separation grants, increase public safety at crossings

February 24th, 2025
February 24, 2025 - TRA Austin -Senate Transportation Committee Chair Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville) and Senator Carol Alvarado (D-Houston) have jointly filed Texas Senate bill 1555 that would create a grant program to make at-grade rail crossings safer, a hot button...

Union Pacific, Operation Lifesaver, Houston ISD officers partner to keep school kids safe around trains

February 17th, 2025
February 17, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Union Pacific and Texas Operation Lifesaver partnered this past week to train about 100 Houston Independent School District (HISD) police officers on critical rail safety measures — equipping them with the knowledge to prevent...

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