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The Krink · The Krink

UP Stack train derailed... about 30 cars on the ground. Info limited at this point in time. Perhaps tomorrow will have more pictures and perhaps a reason. UP Derailment - 20-30 Miles East of Lordsburg, NM

The Krink · The Krink

A collapsed bridge is suspected. Big U P Derailment Today in Iowa.

The Krink · The Krink

I've been to Gibbon NE. Think it was early 90's during the "Tour de Nebraska railroads". First very important place east of North Platte where the UP Marysville Sub splits off and almost half the traffic. They will have this cleaned up in a jiffy. UP Gibbon Nebraska wreck updated with pictures and v...

Calvin · Calvin

Ohhh, I thinkI see the problem..... UP put an intermodal train on the ground in uptown Normal, IL this morning -- Edited by Calvin on Saturday 13th of February 2021 11:38:48 AM

Calvin · Calvin

Derail at Marcel 2.06.2021 - TLTC Drone Benji LIVE! - YouTube

Calvin · Calvin

Clean-up of Train Derailment in El Centro Underway - Calexico Chronicle The customer I switched could empty 9 whales at the same time. He always told us the emptys were more dangerous than the loads. The loads would burn like a bic lighter, The emptys had residue which could explode.

The Krink · The Krink

January 6th lacking any celestial aspect that would derail 2 trains on different routes in one day in Oregon but yet it happened. Maybe one of those "Super Nova Windows" of dark energy coming from space. UP Derailment near Durkee Loop, OR UP Derailment Coalca OR

Calvin · Calvin

1349 N Russell St - Google Maps Buncha Autoracks on thier sides, until more is posted yer just gonna haffta take my word on it.

The Krink · The Krink

Mars square Pluto and a rash of derailments. This derailment on the UP a train headed to Des Moines and appears another bridge collapse the cause of this one. Little bridges just as important as big bridges. UP's derailment cleanup forces stretched a little thin right now. UP Derailment and Bridge C...

Calvin · Calvin

Nearly 40 train cars derailed near Dixon, Illinois | wqad.comDIXON, Ill. Nearly 40 train cars derailed in Lee County, Illinois Thursday morning leaking fuel, acid and oil. Union-Pacific Railroad notified the Lee County Sheriff's Office just before 1:50 a.m. Dec. 24, 2020 that two of their westb...

Cy Valley · Cy Valley

I knew one HAWG who wore a hearing aid for years and everybody knew it. https://tinyurl.com/y6n55slg

Cy Valley · Cy Valley

UP cut off 10% of its dispatchers. OMAHA, Neb. Union Pacific has cut more than 60 dispatching positions at its Harriman Dispatching Center in Omaha and its joint dispatching office in Spring, Texas, this week.The affected dispatchers, who are management employees, were notified on Thursday and F...

Cy Valley · Cy Valley

Looks like former SP territory, wondering if this is a mainline that's going to be down for awhile: https://tinyurl.com/y5cvrvcq

Calvin · Calvin

https://www.wowt.com/content/news/Construction-equipment-stolen-driven-into-field-south-of-Plattsmouth-571046901.html

Brizy · Brizy

Heard UP is being sued over its new attendance policy...Also heard UP sued back.... What is the new said policy? Those poor bastards already had a fucked up one to begin with......

The Krink · The Krink

UP has the same disruptions as the BNSF in the GPNW as back to back "pineapple expresses" and the atmospheric river above dumping lotza rain has caused many disruptions in service. Union Pacific disruption in Oregon

Uke · Uke

...signed by none other than Honest Abe Lincoln himself. Yep. And it's all right here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUDv87_LjCs About an hour in length, but very interesting, and enlightening. Makes me wanna visit "The Equality State" again.

Uke · Uke

Bridge fire somewhere. Musta been a branch line, or a secondary track. Somewhere on the UP system. http://www.wsiltv.com/story/40353467/fire-engulfs-union-pacific-railroad-bridge Illinois. Somewhere in Illinois -- Edited by Uke on Wednesday 22nd of May 2019 06:40:12 PM

Uke · Uke

Bad news for this old railroad town, as Uncle Pete is just getting started chopping. First thing; Close the diesel shop. Then close the warehouses. And then switching operations, and everything else at Hinkle. Screw all these folks. They've been coasting too long already, doing nothing and collec...

The Krink · The Krink

Someone from TO asked the question of why the Hermosa Tunnels on Sherman Pass haven't been removed as it looks like not much overhead to remove/excavate in todays age of removing tunnels. But there is a reason. To charge mountain rates the line has to have a mountain tunnel and UP keeps the Hermosa Tunn...

The Krink · The Krink

I had to see the UP through Nebraska for myself back in the early 1990's driving Highway 30 from Sydney NE to Grand Island and took video. What a fun day as I had to pull off somewhere to video the next train all day as they just kept on coming. Triple track mainline running 80 trains a day. Maybe the busiest s...

Uke · Uke

Long hard road to restoration from static display to running condition. By April and May she'll be operating, so they say, under her own power. Steam. Oil fired steam at that. Most of these later units were converted from coal to oil back in the late '50s, and '60s. The 4014 will generate steam by burnin...

Uke · Uke

Gotta be money. Lotsa money. Uncle Pete had planned to improve and enlarge Brazos Yard to better serve their customers along the Gulf Coast petro chem business, and move oil product in/out of refineries. Now they've postponed the expansion [url]https://www.railwayage.com/freight/union-pac...

The Krink · The Krink

HHBob said the DPU's through Oregon Cascades dint work so well many months ago and finally the UP agrees. Oakridge is like 50 miles from Eugene and thoughts were at one time they/UP couldn't attract enough engineers to relocate but apparently they found a way. With the recent UP layoffs/thinnings it...

Cy Valley · Cy Valley

https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article225922550.html

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	UP Derailment - 20-30 Miles East of Lordsburg, NM (Preview) UP Stack train derailed... about 30 cars on the ground. Info limited at this point in time. Perhaps tomorrow will have more pictures and perhaps a reason. UP Derailment - 20-30 Miles East of Lordsburg, NM	The Krink	3	55	8:01 PM, 05/26/21 by Cy Valley
	Big U P Derailment Today in Iowa. (Preview) A collapsed bridge is suspected. Big U P Derailment Today in Iowa.	The Krink	0	30	1:26 AM, 05/17/21 by The Krink
	UP Gibbon Nebraska wreck updated with pictures and video (Preview) I've been to Gibbon NE. Think it was early 90's during the "Tour de Nebraska railroads". First very important place east of North Platte where the UP Marysville Sub splits off and almost half the traffic. They will have this cleaned up in a jiffy. UP Gibbon Nebraska wreck updated with pictures and v...	The Krink	0	79	1:13 AM, 04/02/21 by The Krink
	This is becoming NORMAL? (Preview) Ohhh, I thinkI see the problem..... UP put an intermodal train on the ground in uptown Normal, IL this morning -- Edited by Calvin on Saturday 13th of February 2021 11:38:48 AM	Calvin	1	115	3:06 AM, 02/14/21 by The Krink
	Uncle Pete and Tehachapi,.......Ya, it was the wind blowing..... (Preview) Derail at Marcel 2.06.2021 - TLTC Drone Benji LIVE! - YouTube	Calvin	2	114	4:11 PM, 02/08/21 by Pipes FC
	Tankers on thier sides, Uncle Pete cleans up (Preview) Clean-up of Train Derailment in El Centro Underway - Calexico Chronicle The customer I switched could empty 9 whales at the same time. He always told us the emptys were more dangerous than the loads. The loads would burn like a bic lighter, The emptys had residue which could explode.	Calvin	6	126	3:38 PM, 02/03/21 by Calvin
	UP with 2 derailments in Oregon (Preview) January 6th lacking any celestial aspect that would derail 2 trains on different routes in one day in Oregon but yet it happened. Maybe one of those "Super Nova Windows" of dark energy coming from space. UP Derailment near Durkee Loop, OR UP Derailment Coalca OR	The Krink	0	101	2:23 AM, 01/07/21 by The Krink
	UP has Uh-Oh Albina yard Portland Or. (Preview) 1349 N Russell St - Google Maps Buncha Autoracks on thier sides, until more is posted yer just gonna haffta take my word on it.	Calvin	2	117	2:31 AM, 12/29/20 by The Krink
	UP Derailment and Bridge Collapse Near Elkhart, Iowa (Preview) Mars square Pluto and a rash of derailments. This derailment on the UP a train headed to Des Moines and appears another bridge collapse the cause of this one. Little bridges just as important as big bridges. UP's derailment cleanup forces stretched a little thin right now. UP Derailment and Bridge C...	The Krink	5	146	10:07 AM, 12/27/20 by Snippy
	Nearly 40 train cars derailed near Dixon, Illinois (Preview) Nearly 40 train cars derailed near Dixon, Illinois \| wqad.comDIXON, Ill. Nearly 40 train cars derailed in Lee County, Illinois Thursday morning leaking fuel, acid and oil. Union-Pacific Railroad notified the Lee County Sheriff's Office just before 1:50 a.m. Dec. 24, 2020 that two of their westb...	Calvin	7	129	3:35 PM, 12/25/20 by YardSlug
	What? (Preview) I knew one HAWG who wore a hearing aid for years and everybody knew it. https://tinyurl.com/y6n55slg	Cy Valley	4	274	5:19 PM, 10/10/20 by Snippy
	Whack! (Preview) UP cut off 10% of its dispatchers. OMAHA, Neb. Union Pacific has cut more than 60 dispatching positions at its Harriman Dispatching Center in Omaha and its joint dispatching office in Spring, Texas, this week.The affected dispatchers, who are management employees, were notified on Thursday and F...	Cy Valley	0	168	3:56 PM, 09/04/20 by Cy Valley
	Bridge Out of Service (Preview) Looks like former SP territory, wondering if this is a mainline that's going to be down for awhile: https://tinyurl.com/y5cvrvcq	Cy Valley	10	337	10:32 PM, 08/26/20 by Brizy
	BullDozer Pursuit (Preview) https://www.wowt.com/content/news/Construction-equipment-stolen-driven-into-field-south-of-Plattsmouth-571046901.html	Calvin	3	283	1:04 AM, 06/09/20 by The Krink
	UP lawsuit over robots (Preview) Heard UP is being sued over its new attendance policy...Also heard UP sued back.... What is the new said policy? Those poor bastards already had a fucked up one to begin with......	Brizy	1	344	7:09 AM, 02/17/20 by Snippy
	Union Pacific disruption in Oregon (Preview) UP has the same disruptions as the BNSF in the GPNW as back to back "pineapple expresses" and the atmospheric river above dumping lotza rain has caused many disruptions in service. Union Pacific disruption in Oregon	The Krink	0	369	2:02 AM, 02/08/20 by The Krink
	History of the UP from the 'transcontenetal' act... (Preview) ...signed by none other than Honest Abe Lincoln himself. Yep. And it's all right here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUDv87_LjCs About an hour in length, but very interesting, and enlightening. Makes me wanna visit "The Equality State" again.	Uke	0	384	6:18 PM, 10/11/19 by Uke
	More UP news (Preview) Bridge fire somewhere. Musta been a branch line, or a secondary track. Somewhere on the UP system. http://www.wsiltv.com/story/40353467/fire-engulfs-union-pacific-railroad-bridge Illinois. Somewhere in Illinois -- Edited by Uke on Wednesday 22nd of May 2019 06:40:12 PM	Uke	2	512	6:12 AM, 08/12/19 by Uke
	Hinkle, and Hermiston OR (Preview) Bad news for this old railroad town, as Uncle Pete is just getting started chopping. First thing; Close the diesel shop. Then close the warehouses. And then switching operations, and everything else at Hinkle. Screw all these folks. They've been coasting too long already, doing nothing and collec...	Uke	1	384	10:31 PM, 05/22/19 by Brizy
	Hermosa Tunnels on Sherman Pass and why they are still there (Preview) Someone from TO asked the question of why the Hermosa Tunnels on Sherman Pass haven't been removed as it looks like not much overhead to remove/excavate in todays age of removing tunnels. But there is a reason. To charge mountain rates the line has to have a mountain tunnel and UP keeps the Hermosa Tunn...	The Krink	0	637	1:07 AM, 05/20/19 by The Krink
	New Vitural Railfan cam at Kearney Nebraska (Preview) I had to see the UP through Nebraska for myself back in the early 1990's driving Highway 30 from Sydney NE to Grand Island and took video. What a fun day as I had to pull off somewhere to video the next train all day as they just kept on coming. Triple track mainline running 80 trains a day. Maybe the busiest s...	The Krink	5	514	1:26 AM, 05/18/19 by The Krink
	UP 4014 "Big Boy" Scheduled runs for 2019 ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Long hard road to restoration from static display to running condition. By April and May she'll be operating, so they say, under her own power. Steam. Oil fired steam at that. Most of these later units were converted from coal to oil back in the late '50s, and '60s. The 4014 will generate steam by burnin...	Uke	19	1422	1:02 AM, 05/05/19 by The Krink
	Brazos Yard plans on hold sez UP (Preview) Gotta be money. Lotsa money. Uncle Pete had planned to improve and enlarge Brazos Yard to better serve their customers along the Gulf Coast petro chem business, and move oil product in/out of refineries. Now they've postponed the expansion [url]https://www.railwayage.com/freight/union-pac...	Uke	2	433	12:02 AM, 05/01/19 by Brizy
	Update: Oakridge Manned Helpers and Hinkle Shutdown (Preview) HHBob said the DPU's through Oregon Cascades dint work so well many months ago and finally the UP agrees. Oakridge is like 50 miles from Eugene and thoughts were at one time they/UP couldn't attract enough engineers to relocate but apparently they found a way. With the recent UP layoffs/thinnings it...	The Krink	0	511	2:20 AM, 02/16/19 by The Krink
	We Can't Blame HHB (Preview) https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article225922550.html	Cy Valley	6	598	2:16 PM, 02/12/19 by Uke
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