© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Union Pacific rail automobile is parked at a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) prepare yard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photograph
(Reuters) – Union Pacific Corp (NYSE:) stated on Tuesday it anticipates a 24- to 48-hour delay in shipments as its rail community in some states has been impacted by heavy snow, blizzard circumstances, ice and energy outages.
The railroad operator stated highway closures have been impacting its means to move crews to function trains.
The affected states embrace Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa, Illinois and Missouri. The corporate’s operations are additionally prone to be impacted by an upcoming storm within the Pacific Northwest, which can convey heavy rains, snow and wind gusts of as much as 70 mph.
Union Pacific stated its engineering crews will work on snow elimination throughout the impacted states, and that it has positioned itself to handle additional potential disruptions.
Final 12 months, the corporate quickly closed two routes out and in of the Los Angeles Basin after components of Southern California and the U.S. Southwest have been hit by flash floods and tropical storm Hilary.
