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Union Pacific Railroad reminds drivers to use caution at railroad crossings while traveling in their vehicles this Memorial Day weekend.

Chesapeake directors on Wednesday defended the board and its current directors in response to calls for shareholders to vote out two directors up for re-election. The letter points out that Chesapeake directors have made "significant changes" to the company's executive compensation program and last week cut its compensation and benefits to ... (more)

In trading on Tuesday, the SPDR S&P Transportation ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.2% on the day.

Union Pacific, The Reconfiguration: America's Greatest Railroad from 1969 to the Present , by Maury Klein, Oxford University Press, 2011.

PHOENIX Union Pacific Railroad Co. is focused on growing its metals and automotive freight businesses as the railroad faces falling freight volumes from the energy sector, a company official said Friday.The freight volume of the railroad company's industrial-product business--which includes steel, copper and other metal products--is up 9% from a ... (more)

One of Chesapeake Energy's larger shareholders is urging others with a stake in the company to oust two board members, one of whom is OSU President Burns Hargis.

's stock had its "neutral" rating reiterated by Zacks in a research note issued to investors on Thursday.

North Platte is now in Union Pacific's Train Town USA Registry as part of the railroad's year-long 150th anniversary celebration.

In a world dominated by technology, Google this and Facebook that, let's take a few minutes to go old-school with the railroads.

The firm currently has a "buy" rating and a $120.00 price target on the company's shares.

The analysts wrote, "UNP's weekly rail volumes through week 5 of 2Q declined 2% YoY, with coal carloadings declining 19% QTD.

Union Pacific investors have rejected shareholder proposals that dealt with executive ownership of the railroad's stock and the company's lobbying.

On this date in 1869 , the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads joined their tracks in Promontory, Utah, with a ceremonial spike.

Costco Wholesale Corporation announced its quarterly dividend of 27.5 cents per share, an increase of about 15% over its prior dividend in February of 24 cents.

On this day in 1869 , the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads joined their tracks in Promontory, Utah, with a ceremonial spike.

Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. are piggybacking off a resurgence in U.S. auto sales that's generating the most business for railroads in four years.

Union Pacific is a $54.11 billion large-cap Omaha, Nebraska,-based railroad company.

April's 2012 rail data looks like more than a little bit of history repeated. While the healths of the railroads and the economy have generally been pretty closely correlated, some of that linkage is breaking down.

The Central Pacific Railroad would build 692 miles of main line to Utah. The Union Pacific ran from Omaha to Utah, 1,085 miles to meet the CPRR.

Commentators talk about "the transports" as though they were an undifferentiated block of companies that all move together.