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Challenger Goes for a Ride

August 19, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire
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.

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Union Pacific Railroad Museum Officially Opens in Council Bluffs, Iowa

July 17, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire
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.

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Emergency Responders Complete UP-Sponsored Safety Course

July 17, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire
Twenty-five emergency response personnel from across the western two-thirds of the nation have completed a tank car safety course sponsored by Union Pacific Railroad.

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UP Offers Quick Web Pricing Solutions For Expanding “MexDirect” Service

March 31, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire
Union Pacific has announced that customers can now access rail through-rates and easy-to-use instructions on the UP Web site for their MexDirect product, offered in conjunction with the Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana and other participating rail connections.

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Union Pacific Railroad Testing Experimental Locomotive in Chicago

March 12, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire
Union Pacific Railroad is testing a hybrid, battery-powered locomotive called the “Green Goat” in its Chicago railyards to determine if it is a feasible alternative to conventional diesel-electric locomotives.

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Union Pacific to Carry Unique Trainloads of Wind Turbine Parts

March 6, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire
Union Pacific Railroad today will launch the first of seven special trains carrying giant wind turbine blades along with electrical equipment from Houston, Texas, to Sacramento, Calif.

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Butler Receives Outstanding African-American Heritage Award

February 20, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire
Eric L. Butler, Union Pacific vice president – supply, has received the Durham Western Heritage Museum African-American Heritage Award.

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Railroad News Roundup for Feb. 16, 2003

February 16, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire
The nation’s freight railroads announced that they expect to reduce the rate of greenhouse gas emissions by 18 percent by 2012, as part of President Bush’s “Climate VISION” initiative.

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Union Pacific, CSX Intermodal Offer Enhanced Rail/Truck Option

February 13, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire
Union Pacific Railroad and CSX Intermodal have announced a joint enhanced rail/truck service to Mexico from the eastern and southeastern United States.

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Union Pacific Joins U.S. Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism

February 12, 2003 Railfanning.org News Wire
Union Pacific Railroad announced today that it has become the first railroad in the United States to be named a partner in the U.S. Customs Service’s Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT).

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