UPDATED: Rain-saturated ground possible cause of Union Pacific train derailment in Oxnard

A Union Pacific cargo train derailed in a commercial area of Oxnard on Nov. 19 and rain-saturated soil underneath the tracks ...

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 ...
Los Angeles Times

Citing lives at risk, train workers urge Union Pacific to allow trail to stunning waterfall

Safety and public lands advocates have long called for a trail to Mossbrae Falls so hikers aren’t tempted to access the natural wonder via dangerous train tracks. “Each month that goes by without a ...
Reuters

Union Pacific train derails in Texas, no hazardous material leaks

Aug 12 (Reuters) - A Union Pacific Railroad (UNP.N), opens new tab train derailed two miles east of Gordon, Texas, on Tuesday, the company said, and emergency responders said the derailed cars did not ...