Trains

News report: Metra awarded more than $19 million in suit against Union Pacific

Metra has been awarded $19.3 million in its suit against Union Pacific over UP’s decision not to collect fares on Metra trains during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news report. The suburban ...

Shareholders of Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern support $85 billion rail merger

Shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern backed the railroads’ proposed $85 billion merger to create the nation’s first coast-to-coast rail network. Investors in both railroads voted ...
Trains on MSN

Sunset for a Union Pacific branch line train

This Union Pacific branchline train heads home at sunset near Platte Center, Nebraska on Aug. 22, 1988. The train — the Norfolk local returning to Columbus with a little bit of everything in tow — was ...
abc13

Union Pacific resumes normal train operations near Milby High following student's death last year

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- ABC13 has learned Union Pacific has resumed normal train operations near Milby High School following the death of a student last December. 15-year-old Sergio Rodriguez was hit ...
Business Wire

Union Pacific Working with Short Line Railroads to Expand Businesses’ Access to Rail

OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Union Pacific Railroad announced today it has added 15 new Focus Sites across eight states to its network, with 12 of those sites located on short line railroads that ...