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PortlandOnline (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
(PORTLAND, OR) - Portland Transportation Maintenance Operations will be closing the N Vancouver Avenue Bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad between N Farragut and N Columbia Boulevard for three weeks starting Sunday, October 12 through Sunday, November 2 for deck maintenance work.The public is advised that the bridge will be closed to all motorized traffic all days and all hours. Pedestrian traffic...
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Division of Labour (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
The Oct. 9, 1908 NYT reports on the prices from the Philadelphia Stock Exchange: A sampling of firms, volume, and closing prices (with prices in 2007 dollars in brackets). Union Pacific: 20 shares, $161.25 [$3,748.19] Bell Telephone: 2 shares, $98.50 [$2289.14] Lehigh Navigation: 30 shares, $90.5 [$2103.22] Reading (Railroad): 10,490 shares, $64.56 [$1500.37] U.S. Steel: 8,765 shares, $46 [$1069.04]...
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Daily News (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
In the wake of last month's fatal Metrolink collision, the region's two freight train companies announced Wednesday that they will put automated systems in the Los Angeles area to stop trains before they crash by 2012.
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) announced today that it has developed an implementation plan that should deliver Positive Train Control (PTC) technology
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
The rail lines are Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific, which share tracks with Metrolink. Dianne Feinstein makes the announcement at a state Senate rail safety hearing. Sen. Dianne Feinstein said today that the two freight railroads sharing track with Metrolink commuter trains have pledged to install advanced safety measures three years sooner than a new federal law requires.
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Eddie's Rail Fan Page (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
I took this photo after work one evening, in November of 2006. We are looking north from West Kinzie Street at the Union Pacific Railroads M-19A Diesel Shop. This view showcases the reflective industry standard markings used today for safety reasons.
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Toxic contamination under the old Curtis Park railyard has proved so widespread and expensive to dig up that developer Paul Petrovich now proposes to bury much of it on site rather than ship it away. A light-rail train departs Sacramento City College, at the western border of the Union Pacific railyard in Curtis Park on Monday. Developer Paul Petrovich plans to turn the railyard into a residential...
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TortsProf Blog (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
The LA Times reports that plaintiffs' lawyers have aggressively pursued victims of the Metrolink crash: In the weeks since Metrolink Train 111 crashed head-on with a Union Pacific freight train in Chatsworth, killing 25 and injuring at least 130 others,...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
The toxic contamination under the old Curtis Park railyard has proved so widespread and expensive to dig up that developer Paul Petrovich now proposes to bury much of it on site rather than ship it away. A light-rail train departs Sacramento City College, at the western border of the Union Pacific railyard in Curtis Park on Monday. Developer Paul Petrovich plans to turn the railyard into a residential...
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The Confidentials (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
The Union Pacific 3985 is on one of it's yearly excursions right now through IA and WY, so youtube is rife with excellent footage and runbys. This one is really cute just because of the little kid :) UP 3985 is the largest steam locomotive still in operation - it's the last of the giants. Just to give you some idea of how big they are, I've stood on the front platform by the steam box (round
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LAist (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
LA Now is reporting that interviews with witnesses of last month's deadly Metrolink-Union Pacific train crash have shed light on findings in opposition of the National Transportation Safety Board--and the color of that light just happens to be green. Three observers, including the Metrolink Chatsworth station security guard, claim "that a final, crucial railroad signal was green as the commuter line's...
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CFO (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Although it paid a hefty premium, the railroad giant raised $350 million more than expected.
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jonesboyz | 09/14/2008
Issue: A crash between a Metrolink train and a Union Pacific Railroad train Friday in Chatsworth claims at least 23 live and injures many. What was the quality of the response from the Media and the City? A press conference was held at 11am Saturday morning by Governor Schwarzenegger and Mayor Villaraigosa. Hear it courtesy KNX1070.com here. This crash, while a difficult and emotional situation for
