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Rail News - STB wants regular updates from UP as it phases in scheduled railroading. For Railroad Career Professionals

Rail News - STB wants regular updates from UP as it phases in scheduled railroading. For Railroad Career Professionals: Railroad industry news about: Surface Transportation Board, STB, Union Pacific Railroad, UP, Lance Fritz, precision scheduled railroading, Unified Plan 2020, STB Chairwoman Ann Begeman, Vice Chairwoman Deb Miller, CSX. From the editors of Progressive Railroading Magazine

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