April 14, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Railway Age, April 13, 2022) NEW YORK — Frank R. James, the suspect initially considered a “person of interest” in connection with the April 12 Brooklyn, N.Y. subway shooting that sent 23 people to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries (10 were...
April 13, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Railway Age, April 13, 2022) NEW YORK — A search is under way for a “person of interest” in connection with the April 12 Brooklyn, N.Y. subway shooting that sent 23 people to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries; 10 were shot and 13 were injured...
March 15, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: L.A. Taco, March 14, 2022) LOS ANGELES — Now Union Pacific appears to be announcing a victory in thwarting further thefts. Not by rehiring the security it laid off, but by automating their jobs. NBC reports that the thefts “have stopped overnight” and the...
February 18, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Television station WGN, February 16, 2022) CHICAGO — Metra Police have arrested a man in an armed robbery of a train conductor Tuesday afternoon. Full story: www.wgntv.com
February 2, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: NBC Los Angeles, February 1, 2022) LOS ANGELES — Five people have been arrested for allegedly burglarizing train cars in Torrance, police said Tuesday. Full story: NBC Los Angeles
January 27, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, January 26, 2022) LOS ANGELES — Robert Vega and his friends talked over beers and the beeping clamor of a nearby excavator after work Friday behind their auto dismantling shop in Lincoln Heights, east of downtown. Full story: Supply Chain...
January 25, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: L.A. Taco, January 19, 2022) LOS ANGELES — News organizations both locally and nationally have been covering the rise of cargo theft in LA.’s northeast train tracks in the past few days. However, one major development that may be directly correlated with the...
January 21, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: Los Angeles Times, January 20, 2022) LOS ANGELES — The viral images were shocking: railroad tracks in the heart of Los Angeles buried in a blizzard of debris, as scavengers picked at what was left behind by thieves who broke into cargo containers on idle...
January 21, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: Yahoo Finance, January 20, 2022) LOS ANGELES — Piles of looted packages littering Los Angeles’ tracks have become a testament to brazen train robberies, but according to Union Pacific Corp., the problem is under control. Full story: Yahoo...
January 21, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: Press release from the office of California Governor Gavin Newsom, January 20, 2022) LOS ANGELES — Governor Gavin Newsom today joined Union Pacific representatives, elected officials, law enforcement and Caltrans crews at the Union Pacific railroad in Los...
