Regional News and Information
New Kate Shelley Bridge
News
- Union Pacific Railroad Officially Opens One Of North America’s Tallest Double-Track Railroad Bridges
- (10/01/09) Press Release
About Kate Shelley
About Union Pacific
- UP Fact Sheet (PDF File)
- Who We Are, Where We Go
- Union Pacific in Iowa Fact Sheet (PDF File)
- Union Pacific's Green Fleet (PDF File)
- Protecting Our Environment, Now and For the Future
Photos/Videos
- Kate Shelley Bridge Photo Gallery
- Boone Mayor Pro-tem Shari Gillespie
- "The railroad has always been an important part of the city of Boone."
- Jim Young, Chairman and CEO
- "We knew we had to make it something truly magnificent in terms of what it's replacing ... It's truly an amazing structure."
- Kate Shelley Bridge Proclamation
- Nancy Richardson, Director - Iowa Department of Transportation reads the proclamation naming the new Boone High Bridge the Kate Shelley Bridge.
- Nancy Richardson, Director - Iowa Department of Transportation
- "We're very excited at the DOT about the new bridge."
- Video of First Train - East End
- Video of First Train - West End
- Video of Manifest Train
- A westbound manifest train going over the new Kate Shelley Bridge on September 30, 2009.
- Video of Coal Train
- A westbound empty coal train goes across the new Kate Shelley Bridge on September 30, 2009.