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A Union Pacific train crosses a country road near Perry, Kan., Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005. Kansas became the tenth state in the nation Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, to require two-person railroad crews over the objections of the freight railroads, but the industry may challenge the rule in court as it has in other states like Ohio. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

Multiple people arrested, accused of stealing from containers on a parked train in Chicago

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Freight railroads ask courts to throw out new rule requiring two-person crews on trains

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

FILE - A Union Pacific train travels through Union, Neb., July 31, 2018. The federal government has joined a number of former workers in suing Union Pacific over the way it used its own vision test to disqualify workers the railroad believed were color blind and might have trouble reading signals telling them to stop a train. The new lawsuit was announced Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Government sues Union Pacific over using flawed test to disqualify color blind railroad workers

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

Union Pacific's Englewood rail yard is seen, Aug. 12, 2022, in Houston. On Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, Houston officials approved $5 million for a fund to help relocate residents from neighborhoods located near the rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases. Creosote, which has been associated with an increased risk of contracting cancer, was used for more than 80 years at the site until the 1980s. City officials say the contamination has reached the groundwater in the neighborhoods. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

Houston approves $5M to relocate residents living near polluted Union Pacific rail yard

By Juan A. Lozano - Associated Press

The crew on a Union Pacific freight train works at a siding area, Jan. 24, 2020, south of Tucson, Ariz. Union Pacific will renew its push for one-person train crews later this summer when the railroad tests out the idea of having a conductor in a truck respond to problems on trains in Nebraska and Colorado. UP's Jason Pinder confirmed the pilot program on Monday, July 17, 2023, when he testified against a proposed Kansas rule that would require two-person crews. (AP Photo/David Boe, File)

Union Pacific railroad to renew push for 1-person crews by testing conductors in trucks

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

This April 2, 2021, file photo shows freight train cars and containers at Norfolk Southern Railroad's Conway Yard in Conway, Pa. Railroad engineers accepted their deal with the railroads that will deliver 24% raises, but conductors rejected the contract casting more doubt on whether the industry will be able to resolve the labor dispute before next month’s deadline without Congress’ help. The votes, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, by the two biggest railroad unions follow the decision by three other unions to reject their deals with the railroads that the Biden administration helped broker before the original strike deadline in September. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Railroad strike looms as largest freight union rejects Biden-brokered deal

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Freight cars wait to be hauled out of the Norfolk Southern Conway Terminal in Conway, Pa., Sept. 15, 2022. The possibility of an economically devastating railroad strike has been pushed back into early December to allow time for engineers and conductors to vote on their agreements with the freight railroads and give more opportunity for the industry to renegotiate with two unions that rejected their deals last month. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Another union rejects deal with nation’s freight railroads

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during the Chiefs of Police Executive Forum, at the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters in Washington, Thursday, May 5, 2022. (Michael Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

Biden to crack down on polluters in poor, minority areas

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is photographed during a TV interview before a rally against the California gubernatorial recall election on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, in Sun Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

California Gov. Newsom apologizes for referring to train thieves as gang members

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Train derailment in Nebraska brings rail traffic to halt

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Train honoring Bush returns to his Texas library for exhibit

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Train hits, kills pedestrian on edge of Sparks

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Freight cars derail near Normal, Illinois, train station

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Union Pacific worker killed in accident in southern Arizona

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Union Pacific delivered 3% more freight as economy recovered

By JOSH FUNK - Associated Press

Judge blocks strike over railroad’s virus safety precautions

By JOSH FUNK - Associated Press

Train cars moving lumber derail after hitting tree on tracks

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Union threatens to strike over railroad’s virus protections

By JOSH FUNK - Associated Press

Union Pacific is giving railroad employees $1,000 bonuses

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NTSB report: No evidence of criminal activity in derailment

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