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Supporting Our Troops: Hiscock Earns ESGR Patriot Award

Brett Hiscock, general director, Tech, was honored with an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Patriot Award for affirming Union Pacific’s military-friendly workplace culture. This Department of Defense award recognizes supervisors for their support of an individual employee’s military service.

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Sanders Makes Her Mark with Industrywide Innovation

Union Pacific's Katie Sanders strategically built and guided the team that tackled the on-time delivery of CADX, now nearing its one-year cutover anniversary. A multiyear effort by several departments, CADX was developed in-house and allows train dispatchers to line signals and switches while issuing restrictions and authorities through the system.

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Rail Fan Provides Local Service on Rocky Mountain SU

Growing up in Palm Springs, California, Gabriel Treleani enjoyed counting the rail cars traveling alongside Interstate 10. Now, the 18-year railroader gets to inspire the next generation of dreamers.

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Harris a Driving Force Behind Union Pacific’s Talent Strategy

As Union Pacific marches toward aggressive diversity goals – increasing its people of color population to 40% and doubling the female population to 11% by 2030 – Polly Harris is helping pave the way with steadfast leadership.

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Houston Craft Professional Proudly Represents Team UP

Eighteen-year railroader Jan Yates is a well-known figure on the Houston Service Unit.

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Chicago Service Unit Welcomes Team Player

Union Pacific’s Chicago Service Unit recently gained an experienced railroader, team player and safety advocate when Jeremy Stroud joined the local team operating Rochelle, Illinois’ Global 3 and West Chicago. His territory includes more than 100 miles of main line between Proviso, Illinois, and Clinton, Iowa. Stroud previously held the same role in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Olsen Forges Ahead in Sustainability

Led by a spirited determination for change, Grace Olsen, general director-Locomotive Engineering and Quality, Mechanical, is breaking new ground in environmental sustainability – and her work is not going unnoticed.

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Conductor Richard Guerra Celebrates Forty-Five Years of Safe Service in the Pacific Northwest

Several decades ago, a high school kid named Richard Guerra signed on for a summertime steel and section gang job removing and replacing tracks in what would later become part of Hermiston, Oregon’s hump yard. Guerra stuck with it – turning his seasonal position into a 45-year Union Pacific career.

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