Eliminating the two-person crew requirement will allow railroad productivity to keep up with the challenge of autonomous trucks.

On Dec. 18, an Amtrak train traveling from Seattle to Portland, Ore. derailed on a highway overpass in DuPont, Wash. So far, the accident has left at least three people dead and has injured hundreds ...

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.

The rapid expansion of America's railroad system in the 1800s and early 1900s was driven largely by a small group of powerful businessmen. Here we profile 12 of the most influential railroad magnates ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Las Vegas found itself growing out of luck and good circumstances. Union Pacific finished construction of its new Los Angeles to Salt Lake City route in 1905. The halfway point ...

American railroading began in the Capital District. On December 28, 1825, Schenectady County native (Duanesburg) George Featherstonhaugh (pronounced fen-shaw) ran a newspaper notice announcing the ...

With an STB merger filing for acquiring Norfolk Southern targeted for no later than Dec. 1, Union Pacific posted a solid ...

A new PBS doc narrated by Edward Norton follows the 60-year fight—and triumph— to convert abandoned railroads into trails for ...

( InvestigateTV) — Train cargo theft cost U.S. railroads more than $100 million in 2024, according to industry estimates.