By joining forces with Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific says it can reduce delays at Midwest interchanges, but critics say it ...

As fans of “The Gilded Age” know, great fortunes were made by building railroads across the width of the USA. Chicago, of course, was the epicenter of all that. Celebrities going from New York to ...

BELLWOOD, Ill. (WLS) -- It's the type of crime that spans nearly two centuries, back when the railroad was first built: thieves stealing cargo from freight trains. A Union Pacific West freight train ...

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 says the $85 billion merger would serve the public interest and win federal approval by unclogging Chicago, the cradle of American railroading and still its biggest and most notorious ...

The potential merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern has stirred up lots of talk and speculation around its possible impact, from safety issues to job opportunities and other likely ...

Louisville is now home to a new railroad service that provides key transportation for companies to the western part of the U.S. Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific, two of the nation's most prominent ...

COLTON, Calif (KABC) -- A Union Pacific freight train carrying lumber derailed in Colton Monday morning, sending 13 cars off the tracks. The locomotive initially ...