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Posts Tagged ‘Union Pacific’

Bridge projects will be abundant in 2024… and many will precede other types of upcoming opportunities

Friday, August 11th, 2023

by Mary Scott Nabers Bridge projects currently in the planning phases are abundant throughout the country. Most are large and complex and the majority fall into the category of critical infrastructure. The examples that follow point to commonalities that can be found in planning documents. All projects are likely to launch late this year or early […]

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Roseville, CA: Union Pacific Mechanics Keep Locomotives Operable For Emissions Reduction Experiment

Tuesday, June 4th, 2013

Union Pacific Mechanics Keep Locomotives Operable For Emissions Reduction Experiment from 3BL Media on Vimeo. Comstock’s Magazine features a slide show of Union Pacific’s J.R. Davis Yard in Roseville, Calif., and the mechanics that maintain a series of experimental locomotives that are testing advanced emissions reduction technology in Union Pacific freight locomotives: 3bl.me/pvek6a  

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The Uncertain Future of the High-Speed Rail Program

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

The Illinois Department of Transportation has reached a cooperative agreement with Union Pacific and Amtrak that will permit the release of a $1.1 billion federal high-speed rail grant to the state of Illinois to fund passenger rail improvements between Chicago and St. Louis. The agreement was proclaimed by state and federal officials as “historic” and hailed as “one giant step closer to achieving high-speed passenger service between Chicago and St. Louis.” But stripped of its rhetoric, the announcement only reveals how inadequate and cost-ineffective the Administration’s “high–speed” program is turning out to be.

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