Safety
Safety 04122021
Employee Comes to Aid of Co-worker Suffering Heart Attack
For Union Pacific, ensuring the safety of everyone around the railroad is of the utmost importance, but even off the railroad, life can take an unexpected turn.
Safety 03022021
UP Operating Teams Battle through Polar Vortex
As a polar vortex struck the country in late February, Union Pacific employees braved the elements to do what they always do: Keep America moving.
Safety 02032021
Safety Program Virtually Puts Teens in Driver Seat
The virtual program is designed to educate young drivers on practicing safety behind the wheel and creating smart habits, such as putting down their devices and paying attention to the road, especially around railroad tracks.
Safety 09212020
Popular Animated Characters Make Rail Safety 'Traintastic'
Wilson, Koko and Brewster, the stars of "Chuggington: Tales from the Rails," are spreading awareness about rail safety to preschoolers and elementary students, their parents and teachers.
Safety 03062019
Preparing for the Once-in-a-Career Call
More than 200 first responders recently received hands-on training on how to safely react during a hazardous materials emergency. It's part of Union Pacific's four-prong safety mission: Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Recovery.
Safety 09262018
This Traffic Ticket Could Save Your Life
An unnerving feeling of anticipation washes over Brent Nay as the 200-ton locomotive he’s riding in approaches a railroad crossing in Las Vegas, Nevada. The red lights begin to flash; the red-and-white arms fall. Would traffic stop?
Safety 09262018
Problem on the Tracks? Call Us First
What should you do when there is an emergency at a railroad crossing?
Safety 09182018
Big Data Tech Helps Predict Rail Failure
The goal: Take the data collected across more than 32,000 miles of track, plug it into a computer, and accurately predict which track section will break next. They call it predictive analytics, and it’s the science of harvesting vast amounts of data about the past and using it to predict the future.
- Removing Mental Health Stigma Key to Suicide Prevention 09072018
- Through Dirt, Rock and Water: Reopening Tunnel No. 11 07182018
- Positive Train Control: Complex Technology Framework Explained 04262018
- How America's Top Railroad Learns to Fly 12052017
- Cross or Don't Cross: The Decision Could Save Your Life 08172017
- Heavy Metal No Match for New Tech Harnessing Steel Vibrations 06282017
- Selfie Tragedy Forever Impacts Those Left Behind 12082016
- Union Pacific Hosts National Suicide Prevention Summit 08312016
- Union Pacific Special Agents: The Badges Behind the Shield 04112016
- Steel Giants Promise Safe Passage 11132015
- The Heat Is On in California 08202015
- Mission Completely Possible: South St. Paul Task Force Takes On Crossing Safety 07282015