Drive down an interstate in Texas, Iowa, Oklahoma, California or Kansas, and you're bound to spot them – giant wind turbines lined up like soldiers in perfect rows.
http://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/wind-to-rail-09-29-2017.htmIt's the first day at a new job, and the unisex bathroom door doesn't properly shut. Tami Johnsen did what any good leader would do: she drove to a nearby hardware store, bought a new locking door knob and fixed the problem. Two decades later, Johnsen, Union Pacific's general superintendent of the Harriman Dispatching Center, still tackles new challenges head on.
http://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/tami-johnsen-09-20-2017.htmThe replacement of the aging five-track Deval diamond, located in Chicago's northwest suburbs, is improving commuter and freight transit times.
http://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/deval-diamond-09-05-2017.htmWith the 2017 steam season now completed, the UP Steam Team, which operated No. 844 during three week-long trips this summer, can now give its full attention to the restoration of the Big Boy No. 4014.
http://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/steam-update-08-25-2017.htmAbout every three hours, a person or vehicle is hit by a train, according to the Federal Railroad Administration. Last year, more than 2,000 people chose not to wait for a train, and about 265 paid the ultimate price – their lives. Still, every day, motorists choose to take risks at railroad crossings.
http://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/safety-08-17-2017.htmA new international ocean carrier recently entered the trans-Pacific trade, a mature industry filled with veteran shippers.
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