Watch a 283-car Union Pacific coal train climb the 2.5 percent grade to the Quartz Mountain summit. Powered by 11 locomotives — two on the head end, with five more sets distributed through the train. The train is three scale miles long (200 actual feet) and weighs 30,000 prototype tons. Engineers Luke Brendsel and Scott Warren […]
Watch a 283-car Union Pacific coal train climb the 2.5 percent grade to the Quartz Mountain summit. Powered by 11 locomotives — two on the head end, with five more sets distributed through the train. The train is three scale miles long (200 actual feet) and weighs 30,000 prototype tons. Engineers Luke Brendsel and Scott Warren […]
OMAHA, Neb. — The first phase of Union Pacific’s shift to an operating plan based on the principles of Precision Scheduled Railroading appears to be going smoothly. Federal regulators have not received shipper complaints about service and are satisfied that the railroad is keeping its customers informed as it methodically rolls out operational changes on […]
Union Pacific workers took an aerial drone photo of the wreck of two UP freight trains on Oct. 4. An eastbound train struck a parked train near Sherman Hill, killing two railroaders. Union Pacific via the National Transportation Safety Board WASHINGTON — Safety investigators are citing air brake system problems on a Union Pacific train […]
Derailed tank cars from a Union Pacific unit ethanol train burn near Iowa cornfields on March 10, 2017. Ted Ellis WASHINGTON — National Transportation Safety Board officials say Union Pacific’s “impressive” response following a March 2017 derailment is a sign the railroad’s maintenance and government oversight were lacking before the accident. NTSB officials met Tuesday […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific is accelerating the rollout of its Precision Scheduled Railroading operating plan after encouraging signs from the first round of changes on the eastern portion of its system. “While early, I am pleased with the initial results as we’ve seen improvements in several key performance indicators on our network,” CEO Lance […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific will cut as many as 475 positions from the railroad by the end of this year, the Omaha World-Herald reports. The newspaper reports that a memorandum shared with employees shows the railroad will also cut about 200 contractual positions. The newspaper cites UP CEO Lance Fritz saying the railroad had […]
The 2-10-2 Santa Fe type wasn’t generally known for speed, but Union Pacific 5015 looks like a real racehorse heading west across Nebraska with empty reefers in the late 1940s. Linn W. Westcott photo […]
Union Pacific introduced the 4-6-6-4 Challenger type in 1936 when it received 15 engines from Alco. UP eventually owned 105 of the 252 4-6-6-4s produced; No. 3937 is from the road’s final order, delivered in 1944. Art Stensvad photo […]
Drew Halverson and his crew continue making the most of their trek into the Arizona desert. This time the guys scope out sites along Union Pacific’s transcontinental main line until the sweltering heat becomes unbearable. But even then, the intense action continues at the border town of Nogales, Arizona, in downtown Tucson, Ariz., and along […]
Drew Halverson and his crew continue making the most of their trek into the Arizona desert. This time the guys scope out sites along Union Pacific’s transcontinental main line until the sweltering heat becomes unbearable. But even then, the intense action continues at the border town of Nogales, Arizona, in downtown Tucson, Ariz., and along […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific is closing its locomotive shop in South Morrill, Neb., in January. UP representative Kristen South confirmed the closure in an email to Trains on Monday. She says the railroad is working with labor unions so railroaders have the opportunity to relocate within the railroad’s network, based on seniority. Workers who […]
