A Union Pacific train derailment is seen on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2025, near Highway 174 and Narrow Gauge Road just north of Colfax. Thirteen rail cars left the tracks around 3:20 a.m., prompting an ...

The court's decision is a case of first impression and marks the first time an Illinois appellate court has addressed whether ...

The heavy haul trucking company whose rig was stopped on a grade crossing and struck by a Union Pacific Z-train a year ago, ...

Two Union Pacific locomotives derailed into the Gunnison River during a snowstorm, trapping two engineers in a remote canyon.

The merger of rail giants Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Corporation is drawing the ire of BNSF Railway, which on Monday filed a petition with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) requesting the ...

Ownership of the long-vacant site of the former Union Pacific Railroad headquarters in downtown Omaha may be about to come full circle. A look at the site of the former Union Pacific Headquarters at ...

Sugarbeet cooperatives American Crystal Sugar Co. and Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op are among members of the agricultural industry that are endorsing an effort by Sens. John Hoeven and Amy Klobuchar to take ...

With an expected December 1 date for the application regarding the historic $85 billion proposed merger between Class I railroad carriers Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, there was no shortage of ...

WASHINGTON — BNSF Railway has revived its efforts to serve a pair of quarries located on Union Pacific trackage in Texas and Arkansas. UP and Southern Pacific served the locations prior to UP’s 1996 ...

Railroading Heritage of Midwest America (RRHMA) is taking a major step towards preserving the area’s locomotive history. Preparations are underway for a new railroad turntable and roundhouse at the ...

OMAHA, Neb. — The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (IBB) and Union Pacific Railroad have reached a landmark agreement ensuring job security for union employees amid the merger of Union ...

Earlier this year two of America’s largest railroads – Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern – announced their intention to merge. If approved by the government, the combined entity would establish the ...