NOTABLEFour Union Pacific trains derailed in Texas on a single day, August 20, 2026 — near Macdona (southwest of San Antonio), Fort Worth, El Paso and Marshall. The Macdona incident put 10 cars off the tracks, including overturned auto racks, with no injuries or spills reported.source → https://www.trains.com/pro/freight/class-i/four-union-pacific-trains-derail-in-texas/

NOTABLEOn August 20, 2026, U.S. District Judge LaShonda Hunt certified a class of more than 22,000 truck drivers in Fleury v. Union Pacific Railroad and denied Union Pacific's bid for summary judgment, letting claims proceed under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act. The suit alleges UP required drivers to scan fingerprints at automated gates at its Illinois intermodal yards without proper consent or notice; exposure is potentially tens of millions of dollars.source → https://www.cities929.com/2026/08/21/judge-clears-tracks-for-trucker-class-action-against-union-pacific/

NOTABLEThe Surface Transportation Board's decision in the Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern control proceeding was published in the Federal Register on August 20, 2026, with an effective date of August 18, 2026. The Board removed the proceeding from abeyance, adopted a procedural schedule, and directed the applicants to resubmit certain workpapers with unfiltered data.source → https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/20/2026-17024/union-pacific-corporation-and-union-pacific-railroad-company-control-norfolk-southern-corporation

NOTABLEUnder the newly adopted STB procedural schedule, comments, protests and requests for conditions opposing the UP–Norfolk Southern merger are due November 18, 2026, responses are due February 16, 2027, and final briefs are due May 28, 2027, pushing a final decision into 2027. The Board also plans a public hearing before final briefs, with dates to be set in a later decision.source → https://www.stb.gov/news-communications/latest-news/pr-26-21/