Union Pacific News

Float Driver Won’t Face Charges in Texas Train Crash

A grand jury has declined to indict the driver of a float involved in a train collision that killed four U.S. military veterans in a West Texas parade. Dale Andrew Hayden, the driver of the truck pulling the float, will …

Texas Jury Awards Nearly $1M to West Nile Victim

A Texas jury has awarded nearly $1 million to a Union Pacific worker who sued the railroad after claiming he was infected with West Nile virus while on the job. A DeWitt County jury on Aug. 16 found Union Pacific …

$650K Settlement Reached Over 2009 Minnesota Train Crash

Union Pacific Railroad and the family of a man killed in a Blue Earth County train crash have reached a legal settlement. Attorneys say Union Pacific has agreed to pay $650,000 to the family of Todd Ziegler. He and another …

N. Idaho Train Derailment Blamed On Soggy Ground

A Union Pacific spokesman says a southbound train derailed eight miles north of Sandpoint in northern Idaho after saturated soil gave way beneath a 350-foot section of track. Aaron Hunt says no hazardous materials spilled in the derailment involving 14 …