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Union Pacific to build branch line to reach Texas petrochemical plant served by BNSF

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WASHINGTON — Union Pacific has proposed building a new five-mile branch line to reach a petrochemical plant in Bay City, Texas, that is currently served only by rival BNSF Railway. UP, in a Sept. 24 filing, asked the Surface Transportation Board to exempt the project from regulatory review, as is common for relatively small projects. The new line, dubbed the Wadsworth Industrial Lead, would connect LyondellBasell’s polymer plant to UP’s Angleton…
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trains.com broke the news in on Thursday, September 25, 2025.
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