UP'S $1.4 BILLION DECONGESTANT

On May 1, 1998, Union Pacific Railroad (UP) filed with the Surface Transportation Board a five-year plan calling for $1.4 billion in capital expenditures to increase capacity in Texas and Louisiana. That spending is designed to correct capacity problems and avoid a repeat of the congestion that started in the summer of 1997 in the wake of UP's acquisition of Southern Pacific and devastated UP's service systemwide.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1586268
• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  345 Hudson Street
  New York, NY  United States  10014
• Authors:
  • Burke, J
• Publication Date: 1998-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Volume: 199
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Capacity restraint; Capital expenditures; Congestion management systems; Expansion; Financial responsibility; Investments; Performance evaluations; Railroads
• Identifier Terms: Union Pacific Railroad
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Law; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00791260
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 2000 12:00AM