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(Source: Television station KVUE, March 31, 2019)  ROUND ROCK, Texas — Three people were injured Sunday when two construction trains collided in Round Rock. According to the Round Rock Fire Department, crews were called to the scene around 1 p.m. about 500 feet west of A.W. Grimes Boulevard near Highway 70. There, a Union Pacific…

(Source: Freight Waves, March 26, 2019)  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Historic flooding that began on March 15 has wiped out miles of roads and bridges along the Missouri River, especially from eastern Nebraska to western Iowa. Omaha was the largest city to be hit. This part of the country isn’t a big player when it comes…

(Source: Associated Press, March 20, 2019)  OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific says its crews are working around the clock so rail traffic can return to normal in Nebraska and adjacent states hard hit by floodwaters from a late-winter storm and snowmelt. Full story: Minneapolis Star Tribune Thursday, March 21, 2019

(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 19, 2019)  WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the 30th consecutive year, a so-called “right-to-work” (RTW) proposal has gone down in ignominious defeat in Colorado. In 29 of those 30 years, the anti-worker measure was defeated in the state Legislature. The other time was in the 2008 general election when…

(Source: Seattle Times, March 19, 2019) SEATTLE, Wash. — The Union Pacific line that runs through Eastern Washington has been shut down since Friday by a 23-car derailment near Ritzville, Adams County, that included a hazardous cargo spill of sodium chlorate and subsequent fire that flared over the weekend. Full story: Seattle Times Wednesday, March 20,…