Union Pacific continues to struggle with wildfires
Wildfires continue to plague Union Pacific’s lines in several places. Below is a message posted to customers yesterday (July 28, 2021) from Kenny Rocker, EVP, Marketing & Sales.
Wildfires continue to plague Union Pacific’s lines in several places. Below is a message posted to customers yesterday (July 28, 2021) from Kenny Rocker, EVP, Marketing & Sales.
The North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) is investing in the rehabilitation of rail infrastructure required for operations at a new beverage manufacturing campus to be constructed by Red Bull, Rauch, and Ball Corporation.
HNTB’s Mel Sears, PE, PMP, has been named president of the firm’s Northwest Division, overseeing vital and complex infrastructure programs in growth markets, including highways, rail/transit, tolling and aviation. He is based in the firm’s Bellevue office.
On Saturday, July24, a Canadian National train hauling 99 cars derailed, putting a locomotive and 24 empty intermodal cars on the ground near Pointe au Baril, Ontario. A washout is considered the most likely cause, and two crew members received minor injuries.
This is my favorite time of year. Golfers are out in full swing. Hockey teams are in hot pursuit of the Stanley Cup. And railroad contractors are working at maximum capacity.
A CSX intermodal train derailed in Indiana yesterday.
More Norfolk Southern mechanical forces have been laid off.
The Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program partners received a $19.1 million federal grant for construction of the Archer Avenue Grade Separation at the Belt Railway of Chicago (BRC) rail tracks.
The Riverside (Calif.) Board of Supervisors is ready to approve a $64.79 million contract with an engineering company for construction of a railroad grade separation in Jurupa Valley.
Lawmakers worried about giving the IRS more money and power may have weakened the chances of a major infrastructure bill passing by the August recess.
The “blame game” around the recent wildfire at Lytton, B.C. has started.
The wildfire challenges in British Columbia continue to be major headaches for CN and CP, and are having an economic impact due to the resulting backlog of traffic at the Port of Vancouver.
Trimble has announced a new laser scanning system for rail applications.
The cause of the wildfire in Lytton, British Columbia is now under investigation.
CP and CN operations must shut down near Lytton for 48 hours.
Union Pacific and the courts continue to spar over Palestine car repair shop.
No firefighting technology handy? Hire some goats!
The July/August Senate session will focus on a bipartisan infrastructure bill that Democrats hope to pass in the fall.
Whether it’s climate change or a string of bad luck, Union Pacific is getting hammered at several points along its lines.
A Canadian Pacific train derailed last Friday.