Two of the largest US railroads, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, announced on Tuesday a plan to combine in a $72 billion deal that would create America’s first transcontinental freight railroad.

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

Union Pacific’s $250 billion merger with Norfolk Southern will likely cause delays, consolidation, and higher costs instead ...

A Union Pacific Railroad train derailed two miles east of Gordon, Texas, on Tuesday, the company said, and emergency ...

The fire burned for about nine hours, billowing smoke and scorching the wooden trestles of a nearly 75-year-old railroad ...

Jim Ehernberger lives and breathes transportation preservation and railroading. His career kickstarted in the waning days of the steam engine, back when railroads began to manufacture trains that ...

Union Pacific's proposed merger with Norfolk Southern has produced a historically challenging contention about its own ...

Union Pacific will renew its push for one-person train crews later this summer when the railroad tests out the idea of having a conductor in a truck respond to problems on trains in Nebraska and ...

The railroad attributed much of that decline to higher operating expenses from a bad winter in much of its service area in December. Shares of UP were down almost 3% in mid-afternoon trading.

Inflation is up 5.4 percent from where it was a year ago. The Union Pacific Railroad has shifted to 24/7 operations at a California facility to ease bottlenecks in the supply chain.

For over 150 years, Union Pacific Railroad has shared a proud history with Utah. Today, we manage approximately 1,300 track miles with over 1,000 local employees. As home to our Rocky Mountain ...