A new investigation reveals the risks of railroads policing their own bridges. The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University found railroads can withhold bridge inspection ...

In 1875, the Southern Pacific Railroad reached the Inland Empire at Colton, ending the region’s landlocked status.

This is something to think about as railroad giants Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern work to complete their $85 billion combination. $85 billion would comfortably place the merger among the ...

U.S. railroad customer groups have demanded regulators block or put onerous conditions on the proposed merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern , the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

Editorial: Will Chicago see fewer freight trains after the megamerger of Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific? Will drivers have to wait less often at grade-level railroad crossings?

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Big mergers sometimes lead to big layoffs. Might that happen in the Harrisburg area — home to a giant Norfolk Southern hub — if Union Pacific completes it… ...

Union Pacific acquires Norfolk Southern, forming the first U.S. transcontinental railroad. Read the latest stock analysis on the merger here.

A merger between shipping giants Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern could soon create the nation’s first transcontinental railroad, with tracks spanning more than 50,000 miles across 43 states.

The Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Railroads announce plans to create the first transcontinental railroad. (Courtesy of Norfolk Southern) Omaha-based Union Pacific Railroad’s announcement ...

Union Pacific has signed an agreement to acquire Norfolk Southern in a stock and cash transaction, at an enterprise value of $85bn, which will result in a combined enterprise worth over $250bn.

Union Pacific, the biggest freight railroad in the United States by revenue, announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to acquire Norfolk Southern, another Class I railroad.