U.S. freight railroads are a major source of pollution, chuffing out more nitrogen oxide than all the nation’s coal-fired ...

Rail giants Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern on Friday filed a nearly 7,000-page application to the Surface Transportation ...

The merger filing by Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern doesn’t change the fact that the merger is bad for the economy and ...

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The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads, which would create the first U.S.

The Greater Cincinnati Modular Railroad Association will return to Liberty Center in December with a holiday Model Train Display. “At Liberty Center, we are right by Santa. There are lot of kids and ...

The Las Cruces Police Department reported one person died in a fatal train collision on Nov. 26 in Las Cruces. A pedestrian was reportedly struck by a BNSF train around 2 p.m. Law enforcement said the ...

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NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- A freight train hit a pedestrian in the west suburbs on Monday night, Metra said. Metra said the collision happened near Naperville. What led up to the crash was not ...

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 two railroad giants could combine, forming the largest railroad merger in history. What does Fort Worth's BNSF have to say about it?