CNBC

Union Pacific locomotive engineers ratify new five-year contract

Locomotive engineers at Union Pacific voted to ratify a new five-year contract with the railroad operator, the BLET-Teamsters union said on Friday. Under the new contract, nearly 6,000 members ...

Big effort to keep Big Boy on track

Keeping the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, Union Pacific Big Boy 4014, running is no small feat. A crew of 12 operates and maintains the 1.2-million-pound, 133-foot-long ...
KETV Omaha

'Oh, I can do that': Union Pacific's first Black woman train engineer

A TIME TO HONOR CHANGEMAKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND THERE ARE SOME, OF COURSE, RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. EDWINA JUSTICE WAS THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE TRAIN ENGINEER FOR UNION PACIFIC, AND SHE HOPES ...
Lincoln Journal Star

Union Pacific uses training, gravity and rewards to conserve fuel

OMAHA — When a new Union Pacific engineer gets into the simulator, the trainer lets the student drive a virtual train 20 miles without much instruction. Then the education begins. The lessons are ...
Morningstar

Union Pacific Engineers Ratify Five-Year Contract With Pay Raises

Union Pacific locomotive engineers have voted to ratify a new five-year contract. About 6,000 engineers, represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen of the Teamsters Rail ...