Watch: Santa Fe junction turning into a trouble spot for train derailments
A derailment in Kansas City’s West Bottoms on Feb. 2 damaged a rail bridge support beam, and crews were still busy making repairs two days later.
A derailment in Kansas City’s West Bottoms on Feb. 2 damaged a rail bridge support beam, and crews were still busy making repairs two days later.
Part tie pickup, part brush cutter, part ditch cleaner, the new Maintenance of Way train might just be the most versatile piece of equipment in Union Pacific’s arsenal.
Port 10 Watco Rail Logistics, a joint venture of Watco Companies LLC, Pontikes Development, and McNair Interests, announces plans to build and operate a 400-car storage-in-transit (SIT) yard designed to alleviate railcar congestion and accelerate supply chain distribution.
The scene has gone viral. Train robberies in the 21st Century? Garbage filling the railroad right-of-way? Over the weekend the trash started to be apprehended.
While this is not a typical RT&S story, we want to ensure that our readers are aware of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to block the Biden administration’s mandate that large employers (i.e., those employing more than 100 people) must require their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
There is a labor shortage crisis in the U.S., and in at least two sectors of the rail industry—short line and crossties—the search for workers has become frustrating. The nationwide problem also has seeped into Class 1 operations.
The Surface Transportation Board recently approved a new rail line in Utah, and officials can’t say enough against it.
By a 5-2 vote, the Bossier (La.) City Council voted to permanently close Old Shed railroad crossing over Union Pacific tracks.
RAISE grants continue the quest of elevating railroad lines.
A railroad crossing in Wichita, Kan., is damaging wheels and tires at a high clip.
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Bossier City, La., is not the boss when dealing with railroad property, and Union Pacific let the city council know that earlier this week.
Is the ‘Impossible Railroad’ project simply too impossible? Union Pacific releases information on accident that killed worker in Texas HART now knows how it will fix problem, but still lacks the fixers
Some details have been released regarding a worker who was killed on a bridge construction site in Castroville, Texas.
The “Impossible Railroad” just took another step toward impractical.
Texas Central now has a date with the Texas Supreme Court regarding its status as a railroad company Video: Revised fencing for railroad tracks in Del Mar ‘would be devastating,’ says mayor
The dollar amount for a railroad overpass has been casting a shadow over Des Plaines, Ill., officials for a while now, but it appears the fear is no longer there.
A Golden, Colo., woman is suing Union Pacific after she was hit with debris that fell from a railroad bridge.
Union Pacific has joined the ranks of companies, including railroads, to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for its employees.
Onion shippers in Oregon have joined together to make moving their product quicker on the rails, but recent developments might make them cry.