Union Pacific Railroad to Shut Down Once-Booming Operations in St. Louis.

From: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) | Date: January 14, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Jack Naudi

Jan. 14--Union Pacific Railroad's once-booming operation in downtown St. Louis will virtually shut down this year. The company announced Tuesday that it would transfer 1,038 jobs to Omaha, Neb.

The job shifts are scheduled to begin in May and continue through September, said a company spokeswoman. When it's complete, only a dozen people will work at the Union Pacific building at 13th and Olive streets.

The job cuts mean St. Louis will lose about $60 million in payroll, according to Union Pacific estimates.

Richard Fleming, president of the St. ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Union Pacific Railroad to Shut Down Once-Booming Operations in St. Louis.
; ...worked at the downtown St. Louis operation when Union Pacific announced that 500 to...large rail yard in Dupo. Union Pacific's St. Louis operations began...about 400 people in the St. Louis area. Union Pacific quickly began adding jobs...
Union Pacific Faces Personnel Shortage in St. Louis.
; ...the workload in St. Louis and elsewhere...Omaha, Neb.-based Union Pacific, the largest railroad...also has forced Union Pacific engineers to remain...Train crews in St. Louis and other...weekends, he said. Union Pacific employs 593 engineers...trains a day in the ...
Demand clogs traffic, quarterly profits for Union Pacific.
; By Tim McLaughlin, St. Louis Post-Dispatch...Business News Jul. 23--Union Pacific Corp. missed the train...would, Broughton added. Union Pacific has been forced to turn...recent months. Meanwhile, Union Pacific's rivals, which have...in demand, he said. Union ...
Missouri Group Sues to Buy Abandoned Union Pacific Track.
; ...railroad between St. Louis and Kansas...week to force the Union Pacific Railroad to sell...grain trains for Union Pacific, said the money...competitive route between St. Louis and Kansas...the suit alleges, Union Pacific made new and unreasonable...Web site of the ...
Union Pacific to Build New Headquarters in Downtown Omaha, Neb.
; ...a public lobby. Union Pacific Center will consolidate...accounting jobs from St. Louis. It's efficient...investment in Nebraska. Union Pacific in January said...least 500 jobs from St. Louis if Nebraska...Davidson said that when Union Pacific built its ...
Union Pacific Chugs Into New Economy.(Company Business and Marketing)
; ...Fenix Technologies, will develop and grow Union Pacific's already existing technology assets. While...assets an old economy company would have, Union Pacific says it has a broad array of technologies...expertise to other industries. To do so, Union Pacific has lured wireless veteran ...
Union Pacific cuts service to unclog lines Nation's largest railroad suspends some trains between Chicago, Texas
; ...nation's largest railroad, Union Pacific said Friday it was suspending...chemicals and grain, said Union Pacific spokesman John Bromley. The...business away to competitors. Union Pacific Corp. Chairman Dick Davidson...1,400 commercial shippers. "Union Pacific service ...
Suit against Union Pacific Railroad Doesn't Represent Large Liability.
; ...industry, a stock analyst said Tuesday. And a Union Pacific spokesman said it's up to state governments...Jackson County, Mo., jury on Monday ruled that Union Pacific and Amtrak must pay $40.4 million to compensate...train-crossing accident. Jurors also found Omaha-based Union ...
Union Pacific to Cut Jobs at Bakersfield, Calif., Rail Yard.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
; Jan. 10--Union Pacific officials say they expect...mpany's rail yard at 700 Sumner St. in east Bakersfield. Mike Furtney, Union Pacific's regional director of public...yards throughout the state. Union Pacific operates major intermodal...except to change crews. Union ...
Union Pacific to Shift 1,038 Jobs to Omaha, Neb.
; ...Stacie Hamel Jan. 13--Union Pacific Corp. will move 1,038 jobs from St. Louis to its new...also announced that Union Pacific will move a 300...planned to keep in St. Louis. Those employees...investment tax credit. Union Pacific will invest $260...bringing people from ...