Between 1863 and 1869, the first transcontinental line, known as the Pacific Railroad, was built in the United States. The line ran from Omaha, Nebraska, to Sacramento, California, and carried ...

Here we go again. For the second time in recent years, two railroad titans are contemplating a marriage that could shake the freight landscape nationally and locally. Union Pacific Railroad and ...

A Southern Pacific freight train derailed in Glenwood Canyon, with three cars carrying soybean meal plunging into the Colorado River. A potential crisis was averted as no injuries were reported and ...

(AP) - Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern confirmed that they are in “advanced” merger talks that would create a single U.S railroad with service stretching from the East to the West Coast. The ...

Union Pacific delivered 7% growth in its third-quarter earnings Thursday as its CEO continues to make the case for the ...