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Update, Sept. 12, 2023: Read Union Pacific’s full response to the Federal Railroad Administration, which was released after this story was published.
That's where the $400 million model-train industry comes in. Geddes at Athearn Inc. declined to go into specifics about negotiations with Union Pacific but said nearly all makers of model trains ...
Shortly after the June 3 crash, Union Pacific had said it would halt oil trains through the area until an investigation is complete. Federal officials are still looking into the incident.
On the main floor, four G Scale model trains chug along their railroads well above the heads of those down below. These trains run year-round on a 1,700-foot track from 9:30 a.m. until around 5:30 ...
Since we broke the sad news yesterday that the two model-train layouts that have been in the basement of Union Station for decades -- eight decades, in one case -- will not be there when Union ...
Every day, Union Pacific wears out two to three miles of track that has to be replaced at a whopping cost of $500,000 to $750,000 per mile. In the last seven years, the company's capital ...