People News: UP Elevates Hess, Kirchhoefer, Perkes
Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive EditorUnion Pacific has promoted three Vice Presidents to serve in the Marketing and Sales division and at Loup Logistics, the railroad’s door-to-door intermodal shipping, transload and logistics services business.
![“Thanks to Secretary Pete [Buttigieg], USDOT, the Federal Railroad Administration and all our partners for making the S-Line passenger rail a reality!!” NCDOT Secretary Joey Hopkins said in a July 1 LinkedIn post. “Thanks to the hard work of our NCDOT team we broke ground on the first construction project in the Raleigh to Wake Forest segment, a $19M project to grade separate Durant Road 7 months after the grant announcement!!” (Photograph Courtesy of Joey Hopkins)](https://www.railwayage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/slinelead-315x168.png)