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Antonio Marquez, conductor, San Antonio, Tex. (Photograph Courtesy of UP)
Commentary
February 1, 2023|Class I

Military Prepared Marquez for Life on the Rails

How do Union Pacific (UP) employees provide safe and reliable service year-after-year in a 24/7 outdoor factory? Conductor Antonio Marquez credits his 18-year reportable injury-free career to situational awareness and…
Union Pacific's Forest Products Scrap Paper Team (2022)
January 27, 2023|Class I

Paper Folds Neatly Into Union Pacific’s Sustainability Goals

The corrugated box arrives on your front porch carrying flannel pajamas and slippers, only to leave via the recycling bin on your back porch. The box will return, however, either…
The new chairlift in operation on the slopes, Sun Valley, Idaho, 1937.
Commentary
January 17, 2023|Class I

Union Pacific Invented the Ski Chairlift?

You expect innovation from a name like Union Pacific, although with the company’s rich history, you may be surprised how far its achievements in technology and engineering reach. Take for…
GPS devices are providing real-time information and visibility of railcars’ location, condition and health. (Photograph and Caption Courtesy of UP)
October 21, 2022|Class I

RailPulse: Next-Gen Railcar Tracking

Union Pacific (UP) employees may notice some new tech riding the rails this fall—50 railcars equipped with a GPS device are being released onto the network, providing real-time information and…
Commentary
September 21, 2022|Class I

Celebrating National Hispanic American Heritage Month: A Q&A with Seven Transportation Leaders

A spotlight on Latinx experiences in the railroad industry.
Astronaut Megan McArthur Behnken (right) returns the Big Boy locomotive challenge coin that she brought into space to Scott Moore, Union Pacific Senior Vice President-Corporate Relations and Chief Administrative Officer (left). (Caption and Photograph Courtesy of UP)
August 25, 2022|Class I

Astronaut Returns ‘Big Boy’ Coin to UP

Union Pacific’s (UP) Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive may be forever tied to Earth, but one astronaut believes the famed steam engine shares a lot in common with mankind’s drive…
Left Image — From left, Jeff Maxfield’s father, Fred; his grandfather, Wilbur; and his uncle, Danny, in 1954. Right Image — Jeff Maxfield’s grandfather Wilbur Maxfield marks his last trip as a locomotive engineer April 25, 1981. Wilbur waves from the locomotive cab. Family members, from left, Jeff’s aunt, Sherri, holding him; Jeff’s uncles Gary, Tom and Danny; Jeff’s great-grandfather Floyd; and Jeff’s father, Fred. (Caption and Photographs Courtesy of Union Pacific)
August 22, 2022|Class I

For Maxfield Family, 400-Plus Years of Railroad Service

It takes a lot of digging and research to find a time when someone from Jeff Maxfield’s family wasn’t working for the railroad. In fact, the Union Pacific (UP) Manager-Field…
Michael Soriano, Manager-Safety Field Operations at UP, is proud to be a multigenerational railroader. (Photograph and Caption Courtesy of UP)
Commentary
July 8, 2022|Class I

Meet the Sorianos: Michael, Nen, Rick, Sal, Seth

Michael Soriano, Manager-Safety Field Operations, isn’t the first Union Pacific (UP) railroader in his family, and he likely won’t be the last—so day-in and day-out, he does his best to…
A group of SWTJC students huddle around the $380,000 contribution check from UP. Behind the check are, from left, Ken Kuwamura (in light blue), Manager-Talent Acquisition, UP; Raquel Espinoza, Senior Director-Public Affairs, UP; Esmerelda Arreola, SWTJC Diesel Technology Program Lab Assistant; Texas State Rep. Eddie Morales and his wife, Helen Morales; and Tom Blevins, Superintendent-Train Operations, UP. (Caption and Photograph Courtesy of UP)
June 16, 2022|Class I

UP Supports Texas Diesel-Tech Training Program

When Southwest Texas Junior College’s (SWTJC) Diesel Technology Program in Eagle Pass had to turn away some students due to a lack of space and resources, Union Pacific (UP) stepped…
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