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The bridge will span a quarter mile over active Union Pacific rail lines, transforming an institutional barrier into an access point and unlocking vital public access to east Dallas.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/txdot-one-step-closer-to-completing-50-mile-trail-circuit-in-dallas/3945209/

#Dallas #TheLoop #TrinityForestSpineTrail #Texas #Walking #Lawnview #ParkdaleLake #TrinityForest #UnionPacific #Rail #TexasRailroadCommission #SouthDallas

#dallas #theloop #trinityforestspinetrail #texas #walking #lawnview

Artist Activist @[email protected] · 2025-08-12 · 22:53 UTC

#UnionPacific #HazMat situation: 35 train cars carrying hazardous materials derailed around 13:45 local time over a railroad bridge on Coalville Road, north of state Highway 183 and about two miles east of Gordon #Texas. Grass fire around the mangled train cars. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Train with at least 35 cars ca...

#unionpacific #hazmat #texas

Railpage @[email protected] · 2025-07-19 · 03:24 UTC

Union Pacific – The Butte Special http://dlvr.it/TM0SJP #RailNews #UnionPacific #Butte #Montana

#railnews #unionpacific #butte #montana

Houston Public Media @[email protected] · 2025-05-06 · 21:27 UTC

Union Pacific completed its final round of soil sampling to test for toxic chemicals in Houston’s Fifth Ward and says contamination levels are "below the thresholds that pose an immediate health risk." Long-term health threats will now be assessed.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/environmental-justice/2025/05/06/520666/union-pacific-releases-final-round-of-soil-sampling-in-houstons-fifth-ward/

#EnergyEnvironment #EnvironmentalJustice #Houston #Local #News #Creosote #Epa #FifthWardCancerCluster #HoustonSFifthWard #SoilTesting #UnionPacific

#energyenvironment #environmentaljustice #houston #local #news #creosote

Houston Public Media @[email protected] · 2025-03-05 · 03:33 UTC

The results of the first round of residential soil sampling in Houston's Fifth Ward have been released, and the EPA will be holding office hours Wednesday through Saturday for residents to discuss their results.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/03/04/515227/epa-begins-release-of-soil-testing-results-for-houstons-fifth-ward-discusses-next-steps/

#EnergyEnvironment #HealthScience #Houston #Local #News #CancerCluster #Creosote #Dioxins #Epa #FifthWard #UnionPacific

#energyenvironment #healthscience #houston #local #news #cancercluster

Houston Public Media @[email protected] · 2025-02-10 · 21:11 UTC

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found levels of toxic chemical contamination in the soil at Julia C. Hester House, a community center in Houston’s Fifth Ward, that exceed the agency’s screening levels for children.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/environmental-justice/2025/02/10/513358/dioxin-levels-in-soil-near-fifth-ward-community-center-exceed-levels-safe-for-children-epa-says/

#EnergyEnvironment #EnvironmentalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Dioxin #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency #FifthWard #JuliaCHesterHouse #KashmereGardens #UnionPacific

#energyenvironment #environmentaljustice #harriscounty #houston #local #news

Houston Public Media @[email protected] · 2024-11-27 · 19:46 UTC

The Environmental Protection Agency extended a deadline for Union Pacific to collect soil samples for potential cancer-causing chemicals near a contaminated railyard in Houston's Fifth Ward.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/11/26/507266/union-pacific-soil-sample-testing-deadline-extended-till-saturday/

#EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Local #News #CancerCluster #Creosote #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency #Epa #FifthWard #UnionPacific

#energyenvironment #houston #local #news #cancercluster #creosote

Houston Public Media @[email protected] · 2024-06-05 · 19:38 UTC

Union Pacific -- under the oversight of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- began soil testing near the company's contaminated railyard in Houston's Fifth Ward this week.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/06/05/489684/union-pacific-begins-soil-testing-for-cancer-causing-chemicals-in-fifth-ward/

#EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Local #News #CancerCluster #Creosote #FifthWard #KashmereGardens #UnionPacific

#energyenvironment #houston #local #news #cancercluster #creosote

Andreas Wiedenhoff @[email protected] · 2024-05-25 · 03:13 UTC

That boy’s dream thing: becoming an engineer, for a day, driving a 2,250 hp diesel locomotive. That dream comes true at the Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, CA 🇺🇸 with their #UnionPacific #EMD E8A #942 diesel, nicknamed the “Big Yellow Boy”. Thank you for the ride!

#unionpacific #emd

Houston Public Media @[email protected] · 2024-03-29 · 18:35 UTC

Federal environmental regulators have found cancer-causing chemicals in the groundwater and air beneath the soil near the contaminated Union Pacific railyard in northeast Houston.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/03/29/482063/cancer-causing-chemicals-exceed-normal-levels-near-union-pacific-railyard-epa-says/

#EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Local #News #Chemicals #Creosote #Dioxins #Epa #FifthWard #KashmereGardens #Railyard #UnionPacific