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.

The coastal rail giants say it would create 'the first transcontinental railroad in America' through an $82 billion deal.

About 10 times each day, giant freight trains pass along a narrow section of track along the Sacramento River in far Northern California where engineers on the locomotives regularly tense ...

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.

Train Stocks Could Fare Well as Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Merge. Picking Winners. The deal could lift Union Pacific shares by nearly 50%—but it could be a long haul until then.

Union Pacific launches a truck-competitive intermodal service from Southern California to Chicago, offering up to 20% faster transit and reliable freight ...

1 Represents the last trading day prior to press speculation that Union Pacific was pursuing a potential acquisition of Norfolk Southern.

More than two and a half years after Amtrak called on the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to initiate an investigation into “substandard” customer on-time performance for Sunset Limited service ...

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announce a landmark $85 billion merger to create America's first transcontinental railroad, connecting over 50,000 route miles from coast to coast.

High-Speed Rail has struggled over the past number of years,” State Sen. Anna Caballero said. “It was engulfed in litigation ...

When Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced their merger deal Tuesday to form “America’s first transcontinental railroad,” it puzzled some who recalled the golden spike driven in 1869 ...