Railroad plans spending

Union Pacific Railroad, whose rails cross the Truckee Meadows, announced it will be spending $56.2 million in Nevada in 2018 on operations, safety and maintenance.

A statement from the railroad said its operations reduce wear and tear on Nevada highways because its “trains reduce traffic on Nevada’s congested highways. A single Union Pacific train can carry as much freight as 300 trucks and move one ton of freight 452 miles on a single gallon of diesel, generating a carbon footprint that is 75 percent less than trucks.”

New concrete railroad ties are already stacked along the rails through downtown Reno (see photo).