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The Gulf Coast Lines were projected originally by B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the board of the Rock Island and Frisco Lines.Yoakum's plan envisioned using the Rock Island and Frisco, together with several railroads to be built in Texas and Louisiana and now known as the Gulf Coast Lines, to form a continuous line of railroad extending from Chicago, St. Louis and Memphis to Baton Rouge, Houston ...
Two Union Pacific employees are dead and three people are injured after a train hit a tractor-trailer stopped on the railroad tracks in Pecos, Texas, causing it to derail.
The current holding company, Union Pacific Corporation, was established in 1969 with its incorporation in Utah as a holding company for the railroad and other subsidiaries. [3] In 1982, Union Pacific Corporation acquired Missouri Pacific Railroad, which included the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, and the Western Pacific Railroad.
John Henry Phelan (December 11, 1877 – May 19, 1957), was an American oil producer and philanthropist. In partnership with Miles Franklin Yount, he worked for the Yount-Lee Oil Company.
Karen Lewis, then-president of the Chicago Teachers Union, had her pre-written obituary by Neil Steinberg accidentally published on the website of the Chicago Sun-Times in January 2018. Commenting on the incident, she said "I thought it was hilarious – stuff happens." [293] [294] Lewis died on February 7, 2021. [295]
The Union Pacific Railroad (reporting marks UP, UPP, UPY) is a Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over 32,200 miles (51,800 km) routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans.
Charles Boehm wrote an unconventional obituary for his late 74-year-old dad Among Robert's quirks was his collection of harmonicas "to prompt his beloved dogs to howl continuously at odd hours of ...
Thomas Clark Durant (February 6, 1820 – October 5, 1885) was an American physician, businessman, and financier. He was vice-president of the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) in 1869 when it met with the Central Pacific railroad at Promontory Summit in Utah Territory.