Between 1863 and 1869, the first transcontinental line, known as the Pacific Railroad, was built in the United States. The line ran from Omaha, Nebraska, to Sacramento, California, and carried ...

A 1951 stainless steel train car that once rolled across the country is getting a new life in the Coachella Valley. Gloria ...

Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific are looking to merge, which would create the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S. The deal still needs to be approved by regulators, but many in Altoona are ...

BNSF has filed a petition for STB to enforce conditions established during the 1996 Union Pacific (UP) and Southern Pacific ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific is seeking to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S, and potentially trigger a final wave of rail ...

One of the remaining pieces of the transcontinental railroad era that helped shape the Reno-Sparks region is slated for demolition in early 2025. A historic machine shop built in 1904 by Southern ...

A landmark $85 billion railroad merger faces significant headwinds, as a rival company launches a legal challenge that could derail the largest deal in U.S. railway history. Union Pacific's proposed ...

Railroad company Union Pacific will buy Norfolk Southern in a cash and stock transaction valued at $85 billion, combining two of the largest rail operators in the nation. The merger will combine Union ...

Shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern backed the railroads' proposed $85 billion merger to create the nation's first coast-to-coast rail network.

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern confirmed Thursday that they are in merger talks that would create a single U.S railroad with service stretching from the East to the West Coast. The Associated ...

Union Pacific wants to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S, and potentially trigger a final wave of rail mergers across the ...

A merger between shipping giants Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern could soon create the nation’s first transcontinental railroad company, with tracks spanning more than 50,000 miles across 43 states ...