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Former Union Pacific employee gets 12 years in death of co-worker
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Former Union Pacific employee gets 12 years in death of co-worker (The following story by Deanna Boyd appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on June 8, 2010.) JOHNSON COUNTY, Texas A former railroad worker who had methamphetamine in his system when he crashed a piece of equipment two year...
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Economy boosts UP's 1Q earnings
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Economy boosts UP's 1Q earningsWhen the economy began to turn south, it derailed a lot of things for employees at Union Pacific Corporation, the KPVI Web site reports. More than 180 people's jobs were put on hold, some for as long as 14 months, but things seem to be turning around for the company. In fac...
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Altercation between two UP employees leads to the murder of a Nebraska man
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Altercation between two UP employees leads to the murder of a Nebraska man (The following story by Zach Zavoral appeared on the Kemmerer Gazette website on May 19, 2010.) DIAMONDVILLE, Wyo. Small towns always enjoy a good amount of rumors, but last Wednesdays murder story was no rumor. Paul Cook, a 3...
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Court: UP did not discriminate
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Court: UP did not discriminateA federal court rejected the appeal on Tuesday of an Omaha woman who sued Union Pacific Railroad Co., claiming that she was fired as a train dispatcher in 2006 because of discrimination, the Associated Press reports. A panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrot...
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Remote control derailment in Louisiana spills 3,000 gallons of fuel
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Remote control derailment in Louisiana spills 3,000 gallons of fuel (The following report appeared at KTBS.com on May 21, 2010.) SHREVEPORT, La. A train derailment in Caddo Parish led to the spill of approximately 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel after a locomotive fuel tank ruptured. The derailment...
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UTUer alleges injuries after ground gives way
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UTUer alleges injuries after ground gives wayA man has filed suit against Union Pacific Railroad Company, alleging he fell while working on uneven ground, the Madison (Ill.) Record reports. Gary D. Waltemate claims he was working as a conductor and was in the process of tying down a train at Union Pa...
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Union Pacific spends $1.66 million lobbying the federal government in 1st quarter
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Union Pacific spends $1.66 million lobbying the federal government in 1st quarter (The Associated Press circulated the following on May 17, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. Union Pacific Corp., the nation's largest railroad, spent $1.66 million lobbying the federal government in the first three month...
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Union Pacific railroad bridge nearly succumbs to flooding
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Union Pacific railroad bridge nearly succumbs to flooding (The following story by Emily Collins appeared on the Victoria Advocate website on May 17, 2010.) VICTORIA, Texas The Union Pacific Railroad bridge spanning Coleto Creek was damaged Saturday as a result of the flooding caused by torrenti...
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UP officials apologize for Polar Express gaffe with $2,500
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UP officials apologize for Polar Express gaffe with $2,500 (The following story by Marco Santana appeared on the Daily Herald website on May 11, 2010.) CHICAGO Christmas season might be months away but the Glen Ellyn Park District received an unexpected gift last month. In an effort to make up for a g...
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Union Pacific vows to fight latest California high-speed rail plan
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Union Pacific vows to fight latest California high-speed rail plan (The following story by Mike Rosenberg appeared on the San Mateo County Times website on May 11, 2010.) SAN MATEO, Calif. Union Pacific has notified the California high-speed rail authority that it will fight the state's newest pl...
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UP work train replaces rails, ties in single pass
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UP work train replaces rails, ties in single pass (The following story by Tom Mast appeared on the Casper Star-Tribune website on May 8, 2010.) CASPER, Wyo. A Union Pacific train that replaces rails and ties in one pass has been deployed on a 26-mile stretch of track between Manville and Lusk. Theyre a...
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A nation looked to Utah's Golden Spike 141 years ago
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A nation looked to Utah's Golden Spike 141 years ago (The following story by Brett Prettyman appeared on The Salt Lake Tribune website on May 9, 2010.) GOLDEN SPIKE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Richard Carroll has probably driven enough historic rail spikes to have completed the 1,776 miles of transcont...
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"The conductor did not see the men until the train had already collided with them."
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Two teens killed on UP tracksROSEMEAD, Calif. -- Two 19-year-old men were found dead after being struck by a freight train on Union Pacific tracks in Rosemead, television station KABC reported. Authorities said a Union Pacific train heading westbound at about 50 miles per hour struck the men in the...
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Union Pacific improving Nebraska rail line
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Union Pacific improving Nebraska rail line (The following appeared on the North Platte Telegraph website on April 25, 2010.) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. Union Pacific will improve Nebraska's transportation infrastructure with a $7.5 million investment to improve the rail line that runs from North Plat...
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Change To Win Coalition urges ouster of UP board member
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Change To Win Coalition urges ouster of UP board member (The Associated Press circulated the following story by Josh Funk on April 21, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. An activist investor group wants Union Pacific shareholders to oust the board member who oversees the railroad's compensation committee. In a l...
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Union Pacific reports record first quarter as earnings jump 43 percent
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Union Pacific reports record first quarter as earnings jump 43 percent (Union Pacific issued the following on April 22, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) today reported 2010 first quarter net income of $516 million, or $1.01 per diluted share, compared to $362 million, or $...
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Standard & Poor’s boosts outlook for Union Pacific
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Standard & Poors boosts outlook for Union Pacific (The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on April 19, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. Credit evaluator Standard & Poor's Ratings Services revised its outlook for Union Pacific Railroad to positive from sta...
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U.P. asks court to overturn $61 million in drug fines
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U.P. asks court to overturn $61 million in drug fines (The following story by Joe Ruff appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on April 17, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. Fighting nearly a decade of fines exceeding $61 million and the seizure of 24 railroad cars, Union Pacific Corp. asked a judge Thursday to s...
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Union Pacific participating in Earth Day events
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Union Pacific participating in Earth Day events (Union Pacific issued the following on April 15, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. Union Pacific Railroad will participate in more than 100 Earth Day events in nearly 70 communities this month. The events will include an array of activities such as tree plantings,...
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UP faces Macdona tragedy consent decree
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UP faces Macdona tragedy consent decree The Department of Justice lodged a proposed consent decree to resolve a federal claim against Union Pacific Railroad for environmental costs, stemming from a 2004 train crash in Texas that released a deadly cloud of chlorine gas, reports the Journal of Com...
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UP talks break down over fines for drugs on trains from Mexico
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UP talks break down over fines for drugs on trains from Mexico (The Associated Press circulated the following by Josh Funk on April 8, 2010.) OMAHA, Neb. (AP) The long-running dispute between Union Pacific Corp. and the federal government about restricting drug smuggling on trains crossing from M...
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Train spews fuel for 120 miles
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Train spews fuel for 120 milesKEARNEY, Neb. - Union Pacific Railroad crews were busy cleaning up thousands of gallons of diesel fuel that spilled along a 120-mile stretch of track through east-central Nebraska, the Hub reports. Around 3:30 p.m. Thursday, motorists along Highway 30 east of Kearne...
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Nebraska court derails suit against Union Pacific
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Nebraska court derails suit against Union Pacific (The following story by Paul Hammel appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on April 2, 2010.) LINCOLN, Neb. A legal complaint about employees who "goosed" co-workers' rear ends and called female colleagues "Rail Dogs"...
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Coroner’s office identifies Union Pacific maintenance worker
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Coroners office identifies Union Pacific maintenance worker (The following story by Rong-Gong Lin II appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on April 4, 2010.) LOS ANGELES A Union Pacific maintenance worker who was killed in a collision with a Metrolink train has been identified as Roberto Rami...
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BLET engineer Dave Lahner cleans up Iowa’s railroad tracks
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BLET engineer Dave Lahner cleans up Iowas railroad tracks (The following story by Jennifer Meyer appeared on the Ames Tribune website on April 2, 2010.) AMES, Iowa David Lahner enjoys the beauty of Iowas changing seasons and river wildlife from the cabs of the Union Pacific trains he engineers. Wha...
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