Union Pacific Railroad

No leaks, injuries after rail cars derail with sulfuric acid

No injuries and no leaks were reported in Oakland on Monday after the derailment of six railcars, four of which…

3 years ago

City officials celebrate ‘Great Hoist’ of new Emeryville pedestrian-bicycle bridge

City officials and boosters are celebrating after a long-awaited pedestrian-bicycle bridge was hoisted by crane and installed late Saturday night…

3 years ago

Man trespassing on Port Costa tracks when killed by train

An eastbound Amtrak Capitol Corridor train struck and killed a man on the tracks in Port Costa on Thursday night,…

4 years ago

Gas leak cancels ACE train service for Thursday

Altamont Corridor Express train service is shut down for all of Thursday.

5 years ago

Railroad cars leaking liquid carbon dioxide relocated

Two railroad train tanker cars that were leaking carbon dioxide Monday have were relocated Tuesday to a private facility in…

6 years ago

Flooding, train derailment contributes to ACE train cancellations

Flooding along train tracks in the Central Valley and a train derailment Friday near Elk Grove both contributed to the…

7 years ago

Benefit show raises money for Tower of Power

As two members of the Oakland-based R&B band Tower of Power continue to recover at a hospital, a benefit concert…

7 years ago

Tower of Power members expected to recover

Two members of the Oakland-based R&B band Tower of Power are in serious condition but expected to recover after being…

7 years ago

Security guard dies in Port of Oakland crash

A security contractor with Union Pacific Railroad was killed in a crash near the Port of Oakland on Sunday morning.

9 years ago

Trespasser struck, killed by Amtrak train

A man was killed by an Amtrak train on Union Pacific Railroad tracks in Oakland this morning.

9 years ago

Amtrak train strikes, kills Salinas man

A 27-year-old man was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Salinas on Wednesday evening, police said Friday.

9 years ago

Authorities save apparent overpass jumper

Firefighters and police in Livermore on Friday managed to prevent a woman from jumping off an overpass.

9 years ago

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