This article appears in The American Prospect magazine’s February 2022 special issue, “How We Broke the Supply Chain.” Subscribe here. When the Union Pacific Railroad closed its Global 3 Intermodal ...
In any case, the video is structured according to three characteristic periods, as follows: 1. The beginning and the peak of the American railroads (1828-1916), 2. The period of competition and ...
Railroads are the quiet workhorses of our economy — moving the goods that keep manufacturers humming, farmers exporting, and small businesses stocked. They invest billions in infrastructure without ...
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Las Vegas found itself growing out of luck and good circumstances. Union Pacific finished construction of its new Los Angeles to Salt Lake City route in 1905. The halfway point ...
Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern have filed an historic application to create the nation's first transcontinental ...
When President Biden signed a new law last week requiring railroad employees to accept contracts that railroads and unions had negotiated in September, it ended—at least for now—the threat of a strike ...
Although it appears at the time of writing that a large strike among freight railroad workers has been averted, the contingencies of preparing for one still threw a wrench in the scheduling of ...
HELSINKI, Finland — For once, I have a real train of thought. Rather, trains … plural. I’m in trains overload. Since I rode one Sunday to Tampere, Finland, I can’t stop thinking about them. With four ...
A national railroad strike could begin Friday if additional agreements are not reached, which industry experts warn would shut down 30% of the country’s freight and halt many passenger and commuter ...
Whether we face a nationwide railroad strike this month has been a moving target. Contracts between the major freight carriers and four unions may be settled by the time you read this. In 1991, the ...
At 11 o’clock one bitter cold morning in Chicago last week, a deafening din arose from the Illinois Central Railroad’s yards. Whistles shrieked, bells clanged, diesel engines blatted their air horns ...
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