FILE - Union Pacific dispatchers keep track of trains moving across the western United States at the Harriman Dispatch Center in Omaha, Neb., Dec. 15, 2023. (AP Photo ...

Union Pacific (UP) train dispatchers are the railroad’s protectors, coordinating the safe movement of trains, engineering equipment and employees across more than 32,000 track miles covering 23 states ...

OMAHA, Neb. — Dispatching errors combined with the failure of two backup systems allowed a Union Pacific train to slam into 75 railcars that had been parked on a side track for nine months in Southern ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Dispatching errors ...