OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific's new CEO Jim Vena started Monday by promising to improve safety and service to help the railroad grow, but he cautioned that 'the road ahead won't be an easy one.' Some of the Omaha, Nebraska, railroad's biggest unions are already lukewarm on Vena's hiring because he is a strong proponent of the lean operating model UP and the rest of the industry have been using in recent years that led to widespread job cuts. Vena helped oversee Union Pacific's initial implementation of that 'precision scheduled railroading' model when he served as the railroad's chief operating officer for two years starting in 2019.

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