Big Boy is 133 feet long and weighs 1.2 million pounds, requiring a “hinged” frame to help it get around curves.

A Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger will lead to higher daily train counts on some key corridors as the railroads tie ...

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern say their yard and terminal capacity expansion plans will help ensure that the combined ...

A Union Pacific worker walks between two locomotives that are being serviced in a railyard in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Dec. 15, 2023. Recent layoffs at Union Pacific and BNSF, combined with an ...

A plan to build the first transcontinental freight railroad in the U.S. is putting a spotlight on a chokepoint in American rail shipping. Today, no single railroad controls tracks from the West Coast ...

The Durham Museum, located in Omaha’s former Union Station, preserves the city’s history in a magnificent Art Deco building that makes you nostalgic for the golden age of rail travel. The restored ...

In a merger application, the railroad plans to double the number of trains on a 2-mile stretch of track on Chicago’s West Side.

Regulators will decide whether a merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern would improve shipment times or stifle competition. A decision is expected in 2027. By Peter Eavis The two freight rail ...

The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads, which would create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad, has lost the support of two major unions.

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern file a comprehensive merger application with the Surface Transportation Board to create America’s first transcontinental railroad.

NEW YORK, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Railroad operators Union Pacific (UNP.N), opens new tab and Norfolk Southern (NSC.N), opens new tab on Friday filed a nearly 7,000‑page merger application with the U.S.

If Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific go through with a merger, there could be more trains coming down the tracks through ...