You could say that Jim Vena’s latest salvo in the war of words over the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger was ...

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 ...

Union Pacific’s proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern — an $85 billion deal that would create the first U.S.

To make money on its proposed cross-country railroad, Union Pacific plans to double the number of trains on a 2-mile stretch of track on Chicago’s West Side where workers still throw switches by hand ...

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 ...

The agreement comes as Union Pacific seeks federal approval for its merger with Norfolk Southern railroad. Amtrak has settled a dispute with Union Pacific over delays to one of Amtrak’s long-distance ...

Union Pacific Railroad (NYSE:UNP) plans to launch a new, truck-competitive domestic intermodal service connecting Southern California's Inland Empire to Chicago. The service is expected to ...

A man was struck and killed by a Union Pacific freight train late Thursday morning in south Modesto, authorities said. The Stanislaus County Coroner’s Office identified the man as Brandon Pierce, 51, ...

Flames from a ruptured natural gas line scorched rail cars and brought trains on one of the busiest transcontinental rail routes to a halt in Wyoming early Sunday. Freight cars were scorched on a ...

One person is dead and two others were injured Thursday morning when a Union Pacific freight train engine collided with a landscaping truck at the State Street crossing in Elgin. State Street in Elgin ...