Union Pacific Railroad

Freightwaves .com - Tue November 02, 2021

Port of Long Beach Sets Up Inland Port Project With Utah

The Port of Long Beach recently launched a modified inland port project with the state of Utah to help convert containers normally headed to the Mountain West region by truck to rail in an effort to push out cargo faster and reduce backlogs that have impacted business around the country....

AZ Media - Wed August 12, 2020

Crews Demolish Tempe Bridge After Train Derailment

Union Pacific Railroad demolished a portion of the Tempe Town Lake Train Bridge at 8:13 a.m. on Aug. 2, 2020 to facilitate debris removal. A 150-ft. portion of a century-old bridge was demolished as part of the cleanup process after the bridge was damaged in a train derailment and fire in the city of Tempe and many partners assisted Union Pacific in the demolition....

Ruksana Hussain - CEG Correspondent - Tue July 28, 2020

Water Under the Bridge … Fixing Floods at Cosumnes River

Watsonville-based Granite Construction and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) are constructing two new bridge structures to replace the Cosumnes River bridge and the Cosumnes River Overflow bridge on State Highway 99....

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon March 09, 2020

S&B Construction Battles Mud Pots Near San Diego

The power of nature, specifically plate tectonics and seismic activity, literally forced the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to build a 5-mi. temporary road adjacent to state Route 111 (SR-111) and install new underground infrastructure for the two-lane highway and the Union Pacific Railroad to abandon tracks and build new ones in the Imperial Valley, east of San Diego....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed June 20, 2018

Union Pacific Invests $550M in Brazos Rail Yard

With an expected cost of more than half a billion dollars, Union Pacific Railroad's latest construction project is one for the record books. Work on Brazos Yard in Robertson County, Texas, began in January on approximately 1,875 acres....

Chuck Harvey – CEG Correspondent - Tue March 27, 2018

ADOT's $128M I-10 Project in Marana Improves Traffic Flow

Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is improving traffic flow on Interstate-10 in Marana, Ariz., by constructing a new interchange bridge over I-10 and the Union Pacific Railroad Tracks at Ina Road....

Tue March 27, 2018

Union Pacific Boosts Transportation Infrastructure With $450M Investment

Texas's transportation infrastructure will receive a $450 million boost from Union Pacific Railroad in 2018. The company's planned private investment will enhance safety, operating efficiency and support customer service....

Tue March 27, 2018

$550M Construction Project Begins at Brazos Yard in Robertson County

Union Pacific Railroad recently began construction on its Brazos Yard in Robertson County, Texas. The $550 million rail yard represents the largest capital investment in a single facility in the company's 155-year history....