WASHINGTON — Union Pacific has urged federal regulators to take a closer look at the proposed Green Eagle Railroad, arguing that construction of a 19-mile cross-border line at the Eagle Pass, Texas, ...

A new investigation finds railroad bridge safety across the U.S. is hamstrung by minimal government oversight and limited ...

A Bellwood freight train burglary is the latest in a rise of cargo thefts statewide. Metra Union Pacific West service has since resumed Tuesday.

At least 35 cars of a Union Pacific freight train derailed Tuesday near a small Texas town, officials said. No injuries were reported and no evacuations have been ordered following the afternoon ...

Amtrak passengers heading into and out of Chicago were stranded for hours after a Union Pacific freight train derailed just south of the Joliet Amtrak station overnight.

By Shivansh Tiwary and Sabrina Valle (Reuters) -Union Pacific said on Tuesday it would buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in an $85 billion deal to create the first U.S. coast-to-coast freight ...

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.

At Union Pacific, we work every day to improve safety with a goal to lead the industry. The vectors that make the freight rail industry the safest ground transportation solution are anchored by people ...

Union Pacific said today it would buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in an $85 billion deal to create the first U.S. coast-to-coast freight rail operator and reshape the movement of goods from ...

Editorial: Will Chicago see fewer freight trains after the megamerger of Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific? Will drivers have to wait less often at grade-level railroad crossings?

Union Pacific said on Tuesday it would buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in an $85 billion deal to create the first U.S.