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BNSF, UP seek court help on cleanup
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. and Union Pacific Corp. say they played only a minor role in the contamination of a California site that once housed a company that sold agricultural chemicalsm Bloomberg News reported.
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UP faces mega fines for illegal drugs
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UP faces mega fines for illegal drugsUnion Pacific is facing $38 million in fines after authorities found drugs stashed in its trains headed to the U.S. from Mexico, reports Bloomberg News. A Mexican newspaper, Reforma, alleges that railroads in Mexico have less security than Mexican airports,...
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UP, EEOC settle sex discrimination suit
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UP, EEOC settle sex discrimination suitLOS ANGELES An equal rights group says Union Pacific Railroad has agreed to pay $75,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit, the Associated Press reports. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission also said Tuesday the court will enforce a consent de...
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WHAT THE FUCK OVER?
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UP CEO: Federal stimulus package would help railroads (The Associated Press circulated the following on January 23, 2009.) NEW YORK The uncertain economy is hurting the nation's major freight railroads because shipping demand has fallen. But Union Pacific Chief Executive Jim Young said Thursd...
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3000 layed off in '08....expect more this year
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UP furloughed more than 3,000 workers in 2008; Expects more this year (The Associated Press circulated the following on January 22, 2009.) OMAHA, Neb. Union Pacific officials say the biggest challenge for the railroad in 2009 is the uncertain economy. Last year, the Omaha-based railroad furloug...
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What recession? (Just ask the layed off UP employees)
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What recession? UP chugging along(The following interview with Union Pacifics chief financial officer, Robert Knight, was published by CFO magazine.) Rob Knight is one CFO who is still bullish on his business. And why not? His company Omaha-based Union Pacific Corp., the country's largest rail...
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North Platte Layoffs
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UP furloughs hundreds in North PlatteNORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Union Pacific Railroad announced Thursday (Jan. 8) it is temporarily laying off hundreds of employees. In the North Platte area, about 231 workers will be off the job, television station KNOP-TV reported. UP officials said this is a direc...
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Union Pacific layoffs include San Antonio (The following story by Adolfo Pesquera appeared on the San Antonio Express-News website on January 9.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas Stung by the economic slowdown, particularly in auto-related shipments, Union Pacific Railroad quietly has been furloughing wo...
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Operator A is down....Operator A is down
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Worker sues UP over torn remote vestJohn Schulte has filed suit against Alton and Southern Railway Company and Union Pacific Railroad Company, alleging he was injured while working for the companies, the Madison County, Ill., Record reports. Schulte was working as a helper in a rail yard in East St...
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Is there no shame?
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Machinist says UP laid her off due to menopauseNORTH PLATTE, Neb. - A 56-year-old North Platte woman is suing the Union Pacific Railroad for discrimination after she was laid off because she was going through menopause, the North Platte Bulletin reports. Porfiria B. Alonzo is a machinist at the rai...
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Nevada derailment disrupts rail serviceRENO, Nevada - A freight train derailed about 260 miles east of Reno on Saturday (Dec. 27), triggering a bridge collapse and major disruptions in rail service on one of the countrys main east-west lines, Union Pacific officials told the Journal Gazette. The...
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Largest FELA Award in History
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FELA award taps UP for $48 million A Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) award in the amount of $48.5 million was awarded by a jury Oct. 31 to a 30-year-old Union Pacific signalman, Eric Doi of Los Angeles, who became a quadriplegic following an automobile accident. Lawyers say the award, to be pa...
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Layoffs
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UP engineers, conductors hit by economy (The following story by Joe Ruff appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on November 15.) OMAHA, Neb. About 1,500 of Union Pacifics 21,000 engineers and conductors have been laid off or are working under reduced hours due to the nations struggling econom...
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UP buys more 'gen-set' power for yard work
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UP orders two more genset locomotives Railpower Technologies Corp. announced Monday that it had received an order from Union Pacific for two RP2OCD Eco-Motive locomotives. These EPA Tier II certified, six-axle, 2,000-hp locomotives will join four Railpower genset units already in service on U...
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Uncle Pete takes over. BNsf lets 'em have it!
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Tacoma, that is! Washington State ports, UP agree on intermodal deal The Port of Tacoma and the Union Pacific are finalizing a 10-year, $3 million deal to move more domestic intermodal business through the port's underused South Intermodal Rail Yard. UP will divert its domestic intermodal contai...
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NATIONAL NEWS: August 29th, 2008Tanker Truck, Train Collision Causes Explosion; Kills 3, Injures 1 Near Medford, OKLinda Young - AHN Editor Medford, OK (AHN) - A collision between a tanker truck and a train near Medford Friday morning killed at least three people, caused an explosion and left at le...
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I love it...!! I really like the comments made by someone who has an Altamount GCOR book and sited multiple rule violations..... If the vid doesnt work, heres the hard link... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCkq21PNO9k -- Edited by B...
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UP will test electric trucks, explore maglev
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Before the year is over, Union Pacific will launch an electric truck pilot program at the Intermodal Container Transfer Facility it operates outside the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The railroad will also conduct a feasibility study to explore the prospect of a maglev system to haul contain...
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Do you guys have jitney insurance?
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UP awards new crew-transport contractEVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Evansville-based Professional Transportation, Inc., (PTI) just announced that it has been awarded the Crew Transportation Services contract for the Chicago/Proviso and St. Louis Service Units of the Union Pacific Railroad. "O...
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Man recovering after being hit by Union-Pacific train
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http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_081208_news_man_hit_by_train.3cbe70f9.html The 56-year-old victim apparently didn't see the train coming when he stepped onto the tracks, acc...
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Three Union Pacific cars derail in Lodi
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As the world's biggest railroad, UP's got money ta spend...
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...everywhere BUT ta raise wages for scheduled grunts who move the stuff for Uncle Pete, and maintain the system top ta bottom! Creating capacity Growth capital is a priority at UP, and the payoff is impressive. By William C. Vantuono, Editor Want to talk about capacity? How about a 100-car unit tr...
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Drug Mule
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UP fighting fines for drugs on trains (The Associated Press circulated the following story by Josh Funk on August 4.) NEW YORK Union Pacific Corp. wants a federal judge to set aside nearly $38 million in proposed penalties a U.S. agency has assessed against the railroad since 2002. The fines against...
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