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He argues that modal conversion decisions should consider total transportation costs, not simply line haul pricing.

There is an article in KMTV out of Omaha reporting that former Union Pacific attorney Ryan Wilkins has publicly discussed a federal lawsuit alleging the railroad retaliated against him after he raised internal safety concerns.

Wilkins claims Union Pacific safety performance deteriorated after the company adopted precision scheduled railroading in late 2018 and reduced staffing.

Court documents cited in the report say he filed a federal whistleblower complaint and alleges supervisors subsequently removed responsibilities and denied him promotions.

You know, I can give you some kind of sad examples in Omaha where the news director at WWT died, and he's a very good friend of mine.

We had worked together at KMTV, a very good friend, and we used to laugh about being competing news directors.

We'd kill each other on one day, and we were literally best friends and go to lunch on the other.

But when he died, we told their newsroom, hey, you're going to your people want to go to the funeral.