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UP puts more stored rail cars into service
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UP puts more stored rail cars into service Two hundred twenty-five railcars stored in Wallowa County, Ore., have been recalled to service in the past month by Union Pacific Railroad, which is experiencing an upsurge in freight traffic. Another 150 have been ordered by UP for this week, which will le...
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Date: 02/05/11 22:28 Train derailment Missourihttp://countynewslive.com/content/2011/feb/05/cnl-exclusiveupdate-5-union-pacific-coal-train-derails-remote-area-about-2-mi...
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UP plans to hire 3500
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I just heard on my liberal news channel that UP plans to hire 3500.
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Mexico to Chicago by rail: 22 tons of pot
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Mexico to Chicago by rail: 22 tons of pot When Union Pacific took possession of six freight cars interchanged from a Mexican railroad at Eagle Pass, Texas, the manifest showed titanium ore as the contents, and a Chicago warehouse as the destination. Customs agents were suspicious, and discovered,...
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Close calls pilot tests positive on UP
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Close calls pilot tests positive on UP NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Union Pacific is four years into its five-year pilot Confidential Close Calls Reporting System (C3RS) and participants are giving it high marks for improving safety culture. C3RS encourages engineers, conductors, trainmen and yardma...
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Derailment blamed on potato flakes
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Superintendent appointments at UP
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Superintendent appointments at UPUnion Pacific has announced the following assignments to superintendent-transportation services positions, effective Nov. 15: Lance Hardisty will become superintendent-transportation services, El Paso, Texas, moving from a similar position in St. Pa...
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FRA told: 'Mexican trains must be inspected'
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FRA told: 'Mexican trains must be inspected' Union Pacific is at it again -- and the UTU and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen intend to stop it, again. The "it" is a UP request to the Federal Railroad Administration that UP be allowed to bring trains from Mexico into the...
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UP profit soars; those furloughed will return
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UP profit soars; those furloughed will returnUnion Pacific earnings for the third quarter 2010 soared by 51 percent from the third quarter 2009, the railroad told investors Oct. 21. UP told Wall Street analysts it was the company's most profitable quarter ever. In reporting the record earnings...
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Union Pacific CEO sees upswing, but still cautious
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Union Pacific CEO sees upswing, but still cautious (The following story by Paul Davidson appeared on the USA Today website on October 6, 2010.) Perhaps no industry has a better feel for the nations economic pulse than freight railroads, which transport much of the countrys grains, metals, chemica...
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Union Pacific unveils Pink Ribbon Locomotive to support Susan G. Komen for the Cure
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Union Pacific unveils Pink Ribbon Locomotive to support Susan G. Komen for the Cure (Union Pacific issued the following on September 28, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. Union Pacific Railroad today unveiled its Pink Ribbon Locomotive, UP No. 7400, created as a tribute to the company's support of Susan G. Komen...
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Rawlins students learn train history riding leg of Union Pacific line
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Rawlins students learn train history riding leg of Union Pacific line (The following story was circulated by the Associated Press on September 29, 2010.) RAWLINS, Wyo. The Union Pacific train conductor bent low, dark blue vest and coat hanging from his slight frame. Jim Coker popped both eyebrows...
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Chrysler says thanks to Union Pacific
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Chrysler says thanks to Union Pacific (The following story by Joe Ruff appeared on the World-Herald website on September 28, 2010.) OMAHA On the heels of a fatal accident in Upstate New York this past weekend, a double-decker coach owned by Coach USA based Megabus was involved in a minor accident wit...
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Bomb squad responds to suspicious device on Union Pacific property in Nebraska
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Bomb squad responds to suspicious device on Union Pacific property in Nebraska (The following appeared on the Kearney Hub website on September 28, 2010.) COZAD, Neb. Officials are investigating after a suspicious device was found on Union Pacific Railroad property Monday. The device was found a...
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Union Pacific trains to speed up in eastern Neb.
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Union Pacific trains to speed up in eastern Neb. (The Associated Press circulated the following on September 22, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. Union Pacific freight trains will soon begin moving faster through the eastern Nebraska cities of Grand Island and Columbus. The Omaha-based railroad says recent t...
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Union Pacific plans to demolish last bit of transcontinental history
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Union Pacific plans to demolish last bit of transcontinental history (The following appeared on the Examiner website on September 27, 2010.) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Set the Way-Back Machine to 1874, when the transcontinental railway was still new and the Central Pacific Railway had arrived in Oak...
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Union Pacific railroad spent $1.28M lobbying the federal government in second quarter
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Union Pacific railroad spent $1.28M lobbying the federal government in second quarter (The Associated Press circulated the following on September 25, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. Freight railroad operator Union Pacific Corp. says it spent $1.28 million lobbying the federal government in the seco...
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Drink the water
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Tests under way on 1989 chemical spill at UP yard in Cheyenne (The Associated Press circulated the following on September 21, 2010.) CHEYENNE, Wyo. Tests are under way in a Cheyenne area for lingering effects of a 1989 spill at the Union Pacific railroad yards. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle Department r...
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Union Pacific switchman sues over back injuries
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Union Pacific switchman sues over back injuries (The following story by Michelle Massey appeared on The Louisiana Record website on September 15, 2010.) Louisiana - A Union Pacific switchman has filed suit against his employer after allegedly injuring his back attempting to align a switch. Brin...
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Wrong-way cyclist collides with UP train (The following story by Eva Ruth Moravec appeared on the San Antonio Express-News website on August 22, 2010.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas A bicyclist is recovering after colliding with a train Friday night on the city's East Side. Police said Levi Smith, 47, had bee...
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Union Pacific says derailments, collision block 3 busy rail tracks through southern Nebraska
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Union Pacific says derailments, collision block 3 busy rail tracks through southern Nebraska (The Associated Press circulated the following on September 9, 2010.) KEARNEY, Neb. Union Pacific Corp. isn't sure when three busy tracks through southern Nebraska will be reopened after derailments...
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Union Pacific CFO still expects peak fall shipping season
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Union Pacific CFO still expects peak fall shipping season (Dow Jones Newswires circulated the following on September 10, 2010.) NEW YORK Union Pacific Corp. (UNP) is standing by its view that intermodal volume is building toward a peak fall shipping season, although Chief Financial Officer Rob K...
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Union Pacific chief: Employee pride matters
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Union Pacific chief: Employee pride matters (The following story by Joe Ruff appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on September 9, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. Pride that workers have in their company right down to wearing baseball caps with corporate logos must be considered during mergers and acqui...
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UP ordered to pay back wages to injured worker
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UP ordered to pay back wages to injured workerEUGENE, Ore. -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered Union Pacific Railroad Co. in Eugene to pay back wages and punitive damages to an employee who was fired after reporting a work-related injury, Th...
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