Union Pacific Railroad shutting down operations in Palestine
On Monday, during a commissioners court meeting in Anderson County, Judge Carey McKinney announced the beginning of a ...
Union Pacific shuts down shop in East Texas town after court decision
The long-standing legal battle over the railroad company's shop stems from an 1872 agreement that kept operations planted in ...
Union Pacific to close Texas shop kept open by 19th-century pact
Union Pacific Railroad has notified employees in the East Texas town of Palestine that their jobs — kept in place by an 1872 ...
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Metra asks STB to require Union Pacific to continue to allow commuter operations
In the latest twist in Union Pacific’s long-running effort to exit Chicago commuter rail operations, commuter agency Metra ...
Metra considers replacing rail line names with numbers, letters
Metra on Monday acknowledged the confusion and began a public outreach effort that could potentially rename all of its lines ...
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Metra considering renaming of commuter rail lines
Metra has begun a rider survey over renaming its lines from their current names — which largely are derived from their ...
Man dead after being struck by a train in Delano
A man was killed after a being hit by a train Monday evening, according to the Delano Police Department. On March 10, Delano ...
Train hauling garbage to Oregon catches fire in Kelso
A rail car carrying garbage caught fire as a train was making its way through Kelso Tuesday night, Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue ...
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Union Pacific Railroad shutting down operations in Palestine
Former Lufkin ISD Superintendent Roy Knight spoke in front of a Texas House committee Wednesday, opposing the school voucher bill. State Rep. Brad Buckley (R-Salado), who chairs the Texas House ...