“If you want to know who rules over you, look to who you are not allowed to criticize.”

Why does UP have managers, senior managers, Directors, AVP, RVP, VP, and something called a "General Superintendent" in the leadership chain? There's a lot of redundancy and overlap in all these positions with little (if any) apparent added value. In... — read more 

Say goodbye to the car shop. Kelli Dunn and ttx was walking around today taking pictures and asking questions of what we own and what we rent. Also was told by management the ultimate goal is to close ithe shop, what better way than by selling it

Jim V says they gotta go

Ah yes, the PSR trend continues. For anyone that really believed that this was going to end at the end of last year, was badly mistaken. I know something like this was posted a while ago, but the cuts are never going to end. If anyone from the CP... — read more 

I know the agreement side has been hit hard. I haven't heard much about managers and non-agreement in general though. It must be a nightmare to work for UP as a manager now, especially for the field managers.

With all this BS going on, when do you think the merger will take place? With which other RR? CSX or CN?

Let's keep up the good work

The former SP yard in Kansas City, KS is set to close later this week. This auto switching yard processes 300-500 cars per day. The diesel shop there was closed a few months ago with mechanical forces let go. Around 30 people will lose their jobs as... — read more 

Did they furlough all the Carmen at Hinkle?

The CEO, CMO, COO and one or two other big dogs are in North Platte yard today and have a town meeting this afternoon (after their tour of the yard). What’s the meaning behind the tour and town hall, no one knows...........

Word around the executive office is that Vena wants nothing to do with Big Boy and is actually opposed to the entire idea. It goes against what psr is trying to accomplish, and thinks U.P needs to decide if its running a Railroad or a museum. Lance... — read more 

http://www.freightwaves.com/news/warren-buffett-open-to-precision-railroading

https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/05/06-buffet-bershire-hathaway-is-closely-watching-bnsf-rival-union-pacific

If we were to use common sense, than we would have to conclude that they are going to do more cut in the first six months of 2019. If, in fact, the 2020 is their ultimate goal, than it would make sense that they do the majority of layoffs in the... — read more 

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a long timer at UP and an employee that enjoyed working at this company. However, With all that is happening I don’t see this whole situation having a positive outcome for anyone, except maybe for the leadership. I imagine how... — read more 

The ability of UP to attract and retain top corporate talent was always in question for the following reasons: First, the company is based in Omaha. Nobody wants to live in Omaha. Second, there is no work-life balance. Nobody wants to be on call... — read more 

I still enjoy working here and it's getting tiresome listening to so much negativity from people who are unhappy here. Yes, there is no job security, but the rest is as good if not better than other companies in our industry. So if you're not happy... — read more 

Feels like what was built for years is being destroyed overnight and is tumbling down like a house of cards. For mwe there is no dilemma that this leadership can’t stay too long in power, otherwise they will run this company to the ground. In any... — read more 

The big boy is out right now rolling coal! Hook some cars to that thing and put it to work. Let the iron horse roll!

Work on your resume and references, maybe take a class on it. Just be prepared for the worst, while hoping for the best. The more you do to prepare, the less helpless you'll feel. Setup a LinkedIn, and get that fleshed out, get some connections on... — read more 

Hinkle closure is a direct result of the failure of transportation TE&Y not cooperating with changes in yard operations. The message was if the employees don’t want to change we don’t need them. Take it as you want, his consultant WM retired CN... — read more 

Rochelle leaders look at possibility of providing city intermodal service ROCHELLE — Rochelle city officials have received confirmation that Union Pacific Railroad will be closing its Global III ramp intermodal operation this July. In a general... — read more 

UP pay and benefits are not the best and only have gotten worse with the last contract. The only thing that was attractive about working for UP was job security. Knowing that you had a job every day and do what you loved to do (work on diesel... — read more 

Does anyone have any information about their plans for Kansas City. I am hearing all kinds of rumors that they are shutting the hump down to maybe even make it a storage yard.

Welcome back mechanical department! The stale leadership in this department is finally coming to an end. No more I knew your daddy. No more I slept on your couch. No more walking past the CMO without him acknowledging your existence. And hopefully... — read more 

Heard they closed Hinkle because no one has a sense of urgency

They are visiting Colton to find out how many managers and FG1 have to be reduced

Does anyone know if the car dept. will be hiring anymore this year? I want to switch crafts. I'm tired of all this toilet work.

Will they be offered? Any chance?

A week, month, longer?

Work hard, stay safe, none of it matters. Hedge fund 101 strip the company of assets, capital spending, increased dividends, buy back stocks, borrow money to operate, steal all cash from the company, sell stock and leave.