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 News reports the railroad notified the 57 employees it would close the shop after the Texas Supreme Court on Friday turned down a request by Anderson County to rehear the case. The county and city were seeking to overturn a lower-court ruling last year that a 1954 agreement between predecessor Missouri Pacific and the city of Palestine and Anderson County is unenforceable.

Read more: https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/following-court-ruling-up-says-it-will-close-palestine-texas-shop/

Also see previous story posted on TRA website: https://texasrailadvocates.org/post/texas-appeals-court-says-union-pacific-can-shut-down-its-palestine-shops-but-wait

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