Amtrak gave West Coast travelers a new option after rolling out the Coast Starlight train, a route that combined two already ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – National Geographic recently released a list of the top 10 “dreamiest” stargazing trains in the United States, including one railroad excursion on the Oregon coast.

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern confirmed Thursday that they are in merger talks that would create a single U.S railroad with service stretching from the East to the West Coast.

It still does. What today is known as the Norfolk Southern Railway serves states to our east. The Union Pacific railroad, as its name suggests, operates in 23 states west of Chicago and New Orleans.

Union Pacific's proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern would connect more than 50,000 miles of rail across 43 states, ...