Union Pacific consumed 1.2 billion gallons of diesel in 2008, second only to the U.S. Navy. Initial estimates of the new system suggested it could cut the company's fuel consumption by as much as ...

Train lovers call it the “Living Legend” — Union Pacific steam locomotive 844. It was built in 1944, the last of its kind before diesel replaced steam power.

Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 blasts away from Huffman, Texas, on Aug. 18, 2021. The locomotive and UP’s Lincoln diesel will make a round trip between Cheyenne, Wyo, and Denver in July.

The train is scheduled to stop in Lawrence from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. Monday at the Union Pacific Depot at 402 N. Second Street in North Lawrence. The old steam locomotive, built in 1941, was last in ...

The Union Pacific Railroad offered to donate a retired steam locomotive to the city of Spokane as a reminder of its railroad heritage. Which locomotive to choose? Engine 3206, retired and sitting ...

In June, the Nebraska-based railroad said it would spend more than $1 billion to upgrade 600 of its old diesel locomotives over the next three years to make them more efficient.

A 92-car Union Pacific train heading east spilled an undetermined amount of diesel fuel near Troutdale, Oregon, on Tuesday night. The diesel leaked out of the locomotive.