Union Pacific

A settlement has been reached in a class-action suit filed against Union Pacific following a May 27, 2000, derailment near Eunice, La., the railroad announced Tuesday (May 25, 2004).

As part of a campaign to bring transparency and accountability to corporate political contributions, the Center for Political Accountability (CPA) is urging Union Pacific Corporation shareholders to support a resolution that asks the company to disclose and explain the business purpose of its political donations.

For the first time in its 60-year history, Union Pacific Railroad’s “Challenger” No. 3985, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, made a passenger run between Cheyenne, Wyo., and Joyce, Neb. July 12.

Union Pacific Chairman Dick Davidson, along with federal, state and local elected officials, on May 10 officially opened the Union Pacific Railroad Museum at the historic Council Bluffs Carnegie Library.