|
|
Couple days ago Uncle Pete goes down ar Butler Yard
(Preview)
Nice clean up of that mess... Somebody caught it on video. You can skip a buncha crap, 'cause it's damn near an hour time-wise. But pretty cool anyway! If ya like train vids. Uke do! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM5fvxuzKxk Butler Yard is in Wisconsin BTW -- Edited by Uke on Saturda...
|
Uke
|
0
|
661
|
|
|
|
|
|
Slick new commercial. Wow Uncle Pete, impressive!
(Preview)
Yep. But now all that's missing is a song. Yep. Just like LAMCO, and their country-western themed good ol' boyz! UP is an older railroad, and they've gobbled up more smaller, weaker outfits than LAMCO, it's time for a song, or three! Something like... "Go, go, go Union Pacific" or some shit! [url]http...
|
Uke
|
2
|
882
|
|
|
|
|
|
Creative bookkeeping a la CSX?
(Preview)
Hard ta say, but since the two Class-Is don't compete in any areas that we know about, but maybe Uncle Pete's using CSX's tricky math these days. One can only speculate, 'cause their revenue/expense ratio (reality) is kept hush-hush, and only available to major stockholders. That's NOT regular fol...
|
Uke
|
1
|
806
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bright Headlight Wasn't Working?
(Preview)
http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/Train-partially-derailed-following-crash-in...
|
Cy Valley
|
1
|
749
|
|
|
|
|
|
This just in-UP layoffs at headquarters
(Preview)
Union Pacific to layoff 750 US employees amid broader cost-cuttingThe layoffs, which represent about 8 percent of its management force, will largely hit employees in Omaha, Nebraska, where the company is based."Union Pacific for some time has leveraged employee attrition and technology to red...
|
Uke
|
2
|
838
|
|
|
|
|
|
Whoops, Wrong Signal
(Preview)
GALVA Union Pacific Railroads failure to conduct a risk assessment of a new light installation contributed to the probable cause for the collision of two UP freight trains in 2014 near Galva.The National Transportation Safety Board released in December an investigation report into the Sept. 25,...
|
Cy Valley
|
0
|
1081
|
|
|
|
|
|
Floods
(
1 2
)
(Preview)
|
Troll
|
15
|
1640
|
|
|
|
|
|
Another Bad Day
(Preview)
KANSAS CITY, KS (KCTV) - A Union Pacific worker was hit and killed by a train while on the job in Kansas City, Kansas Tuesday. Union Pacific is investigating the fatal accident, which occurred in its rail yard near 26th and Bayard Streets. Kansas City, Kansas police were called to the rail yard around 1...
|
Cy Valley
|
2
|
634
|
|
|
|
|
|
Were the Headlights on Bright?
(Preview)
Uh oh: TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) Two crewmembers have been hurt when two freight trains hauling new vehicles collided on Union Pacific property in Northeast Texas.UP spokesman Jeff DeGraff says four cars derailed early Tuesday in Texarkana, Texas.Authorities are trying to determine why the westbo...
|
Cy Valley
|
1
|
822
|
|
|
|
|
|
UP Downside
(Preview)
http://montgomerycountypolicereporter.com/train-derailment-in-spring/
|
Cy Valley
|
4
|
835
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 train cars derailed near Wallula
(Preview)
Almost seems Uncle Pete doesn't attract any attention down here.. Had too dig alittle and then it wasn't even a Oregon station that had a report.... http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/13-train-cars-derailed-269609301.html?tab=video&c=y http://union-bulletin.com/news/2014...
|
mntman
|
8
|
1461
|
|
|
|
|
|
Western Railroad Discussion > oil to Tacoma now out of Eastport...
(Preview)
For the longest time UP wasnt into the oil train biznus in Wa St. but they are now. Saw this on drain oders where UP gets the Canadian Oil at Eastport ID and it goes south to Spokane and then to Hinkle Or where it goes west on the Oregon side of the Columbia River to Portland and then on joint BNSF/UP tracks to...
|
The Krink
|
1
|
1193
|
|
|
|
|
|
Metra, UP sorry for 'Polar Express' mess
(
1 2
)
(Preview)
Metra, UP sorry for 'Polar Express' messCHICAGO -- Metra and Union Pacific Railroad officials apologized Monday (Dec. 14) for turning away 135 excited children and adults waiting to board a "Polar Express" ride Saturday morning, leaving the pajama-clad fans of the story standing in t...
|
Troll
|
22
|
2619
|
|
|
|
|
|
Louisiana
(Preview)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AuH1Ogdx4cg
|
Cy Valley
|
8
|
1395
|
|
|
|
|
|
Big (bad) news for Uncle Pete
(Preview)
Nasty crash in Arkansas early this morning: http://www.thv11.com/story/news/local/2014/08/17/freight-train-collision-shuts-down-us-67-through-hoxie/14194225/ Sounds like single track main through the area...
|
Uke
|
6
|
1299
|
|
|
|
|
|
UP Salt Lake cause way
(Preview)
This cause way is a curiosity to me. Back in 1994 I spent 5-6 days in the Salt Lake City going east, going south, going Soldier Summit and one "lost day" driving around the west side of The Great Salt Lake to catch trains coming westward off the cause way. I can tell I got some hand-held video fro...
|
The Krink
|
2
|
1138
|
|
|
|
|
|
Another Trip Gone Wrong
(Preview)
SOUTH WEBER, Davis County Several cars from a Union Pacific train derailed Wednesday following a collision.Just before 9:30 a.m., a Union Pacific freight train carrying grain rear-ended another Union Pacific train carrying grain near the mouth of Weber Canyon, according to Aaron Hunt, spoke...
|
Cy Valley
|
6
|
1430
|
|
|
|
|
|
Where to Put This? Another One.
(Preview)
The Caddo Sheriff's Office said the intersection of Old Mansfield Road and Keithville Springridge Road has reopened following a train accident earlier this morning.Around 6:40 a.m., a southbound Union Pacific train on the main track was diverted onto a side track and ran into a stationary Burlin...
|
Cy Valley
|
0
|
801
|
|
|
|
|
|
Best Ever!
(Preview)
HHB (remember him?) would be all smiles, just thinking of how they are surely going to share the wealth:Union Pacific has "best ever" quarterly earningsPublished: July 19, 2013OMAHA, Neb. Union Pacific reported 2013-second quarter net income of $1.1 billion, its best-ever quarterl...
|
Cy Valley
|
0
|
836
|
|
|
|
|
|
Uncle Pete does another grounder
(Preview)
Coal. Looks like another mess for 'em ta clean up. Train derails near Chicago; no injuries reportedPosted: Jul 04, 2012 1:48 PM PDT Updated: Jul 04, 2012 3:38 PM PDT NORTHBROOK, Ill. (AP) - A Union Pacific spokesman says a freight train has derailed and a bridge over a stretch of road has collapsed in t...
|
Uke
|
12
|
2340
|
|
|
|
|
|
Union Pacific Trains Collide Near Grand Junction Iowa
(Preview)
http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Union-Pacific-Trains-Collide-Near-Grand-Junction-206755421.html
|
The Krink
|
2
|
1139
|
|
|
|
|
|
Really, He Thought He Could Sell Them on E-Bay?
(Preview)
http://www.kens5.com/news/Union-Pacific-conductor-accused-of-stealing-500000-in-train-horns-199686161.htmlHOUSTON
|
Cy Valley
|
3
|
1469
|
|
|
|
|
|
TRAINS collide, three missing near Goodwell OK
(Preview)
http://www.guymondailyherald.com/content/trains-collide-three-missing-near-goodwell
|
The Krink
|
4
|
2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
Train crashes into trailer carrying veterans
(
1 2
)
(Preview)
Train crashes into trailer carrying veterans AP Photo: Reporter-Telegram, Tim Fischer. IMAGE: A semi trailer carrying veterans and their spouces in a parade was struck by a train Thursday.10 min ago By MSN News and wire reports 4 people are dead and 17 people have been transported to a hospital fro...
|
mntman
|
18
|
3297
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stuck train horn bellows for hours in Portland
(Preview)
By KGW Staff Stuck train horn bellows for hours in PortlandA Union Pacific freight train bellowed unabated for nearly three hours Monday evening in East Portland. The horn became stuck about 9:30 p.m. on an engine near 161st and Sandy Boulevard. It could be heard a mile away. "I couldn't ev...
|
mntman
|
10
|
2254
|
|
|
