Union Pacific cargo train approaching a level railroad crossing near Jamestown, California, December 17, 2017. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) ...

A train workers union this week called on Union Pacific to help facilitate a long-sought trail to Mossbrae Falls, near Dunsmuir, so hikers don't risk their lives walking on the tracks.

Union Pacific Corp. agreed to acquire Norfolk Southern Corp. in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $85 billion, forming a transcontinental rail behemoth in what stands to be the industry’s ...

Union Pacific is seeking to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad ...