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UP delivering $3MM to nature sustainability projects in North Texas, other states
November 13th, 2022
November 13, 2022 - TRA Newswire - Union Pacific Railroad will be donating $3 million to three The Nature Conservancy projects in the next three years, including one for watershed health in North Texas.UP is adding Environmental Sustainability as a fourth...
UP and Canadian Pacific/KCS spar on Houston rail traffic during merger hearing at STB
October 26th, 2022
October 25, 2022 - Trains.com -Union Pacific said that a video of a KCS train "breezing through Houston" misled federal regulators about Houston terminal operations.The railroads played the video, shot from the lead locomotive, for the Surface Transportation Board on...
UP, Houston officials continue discussion on former wood-tie site
September 26th, 2022
September 26, 2022 - TRA Newswire -Union Pacific Railroad and representatives from the city of Houston, Harris County and the Bayou City Initiative continue their discussions on measures to remediate a former wood-tie preserving site that UP inherited in the...
Real railroaders: Quick action by UP manager saves a life
September 24th, 2022
September 24, 2022 - TRA Newswire -What began as a typical lunch at Union Pacific's Houston Englewood Yard for Weston Smith, a 16-year railroader, quickly turned into an emergency requiring immediate action, according to the railroad.Clay Fitzgerrell, a rail car...
Of Bees and Butterflies in Texas: Not the usual UP and CP-KCS news
August 2nd, 2022
August 2, 2022 - TRA Newswire -CP-KCS joins forces to protect the monarch while UP gets rid of a stinging situation.It's not the type of rail news that comes across our desk every day but we're more than happy to...
Union Pacific Q2 net the same, carloads down / Signs largest loco upgrade deal ever
July 27th, 2022
July 27, 2022 - TRA Newswire -Financial wise: Second quarter net income was static $1.8 billion, earnings per share up slightly Power wise: $1 billion agreement with Wabtec Fort Worth plant will modernize 600 locomotivesUnion Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) today reported...
Joint venture picks up 1158 acres for future rail-served park in Greater Houston
July 13th, 2022
July 11, 2022 - Bluebonnetnews.com -Liberty Development Partners, a joint effort between Connor Investment Real Estate and Logistics and Development Resources, today announced the acquisition of CMC Railroad and Gulf Inland Logistics Park, a 1,158-acre rail served industrial park. Adjacent...
Supply chain issues continue to rattle freight railroads in Texas and Southwest
June 29th, 2022
June 29, 2022 - TRA Newswire -Too many carloads and not enough rail workers. That's the case across Texas and the rest of the nation as Class 1's and some short lines struggle to fill positions after cutting thousands of...
Union Pacific Railroad joins forces with RailPulse for real-time railcar tracking
June 7th, 2022
June 7, 2022 - TRA Newswire -Union Pacific Railroad has joined the RailPulse coalition and its effort to develop, broaden and accelerate the use of GPS and other telematics technologies in North America’s freight rail industry.Union Pacific is RailPulse’s seventh member....
Texas gets a sliver of $386 million in CRISI rail grant funds: Harlingen project
June 2nd, 2022
June 2, 2022 - TRA Newswire-In another weak showing, Texas will only get 0.02% of over $368 million that the Federal Railroad Administration has announced in railroad grants under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program this week....