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 SMART-TD union today said it would back Union Pacific’s acquisition of Norfolk Southern under an agreement that ensures ...

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.

Union Pacific (American railroad holding company that serves as the holding company for the Union Pacific Railroad) is now a ...

When a freight train more than two miles long comes to a stop, it can paralyze entire neighborhoods. Five years ago, the average Union Pacific freight train was 8,000 feet long. Today, it's more than ...

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 ...

RIVER FOREST, Ill. (WLS) -- Residents in west suburban River Forest say idling trains that sit for hours, and sometimes days, creating loud noise and releasing engine fumes are causing them to have ...

VICTORVILLE, Calif. (KABC) -- A Union Pacific freight train derailed in Victorville early Tuesday morning, shutting down one of the two main railroad routes into and out of Southern California. A ...

The Biden administration wants to bring about a new age of train travel. But tension between Amtrak and the freight industry threaten to derail those ambitions. Even when everything goes right, Amtrak ...

News & Products for the week of September 22nd 2025 Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information ...