A new life for the US's abandoned railway stations
Train stations were once the centrepieces of many US cities. After decades of neglect, many places are now reviving them in ...
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EPA, Union Pacific investigation finds contamination at Greater Fifth Ward community center
The EPA said it'd be fencing off the area behind the Julia C. Hester House, but insisted the contaminants do not pose an ...
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Workers of the Central and Union Pacific Railroad
In the mountains, wooden bunkhouses protected them from ... eastern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad. By April 1864 the jubilance of groundbreaking had long ago faded into the ether.
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Union Pacific investigation uncovers dioxin at Fifth Ward community center
Harris County officials, including Commissioner Rodney Ellis and Congressman Sylvester Turner, will address the public about the EPA's findings of dioxin contamination at the Julia C. Hester House in ...
Train bridge collapses
By Shannon Fiecke, Correspondent A train bridge collapsed March 23 near the Minnesota River, derailing six Union Pacific railroad cars. The six cars were carrying sugar that may have spilled into ...