Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern doctored the road numbers on their locomotives in this image to reflect the founding years of their railroads; 1827 for Norfolk Southern’s oldest predecessor and ...

California’s governor has signed into law a bill to block future deals like one sending retired Caltrain diesel-powered equipment to Peru. Caltrain SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom ...

A Union Pacific intermodal train heads east through Lombard, Ill., on Oct. 11, 2025. Thirty-one Illinois organizations received grants under UP’s Community Ties Giving Program. David Lassen OMAHA, Neb ...

Soo Line 2-8-2 No. 1003 performs a photo runby in Rubicon, Wis., to cap off an all-day Summer run on Aug. 23, 2025. Lucas Iverson ...

At least 11 passenger trains affected by coal train derailment near Enfield, N.C. ENFIELD, N.C. — Twenty-eight cars of a CSX loaded CSX coal train derailed Sunday afternoon (Aug. 17, 2025) north of ...

Amtrak’s eastbound Borealis meets a CPKC freight at Brookfield, Wis., on Oct. 8, 2024. An eastbound CPKC freight following the passenger train is visible in the distance. David Lassen WASHINGTON — U.S ...

A combination would create the first transcontinental system in the U.S. and likely spark the final round of consolidation in the rail industry Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern confirmed this ...

Amtrak’s northbound Saluki rolls through Matteson, Ill., on June 12, 2021. CN and Amtrak have filed new documents with the Surface Transportation Board in their dispute over a new operating agreement, ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Amtrak today shared photos of the first Airo train set being prepared to leave the Siemens assembly plant in Sacramento. The set will head to Pueblo, Colo., for testing before ...

Caboose No. 0404 is loaded and ready to move from the Colorado Railroad Museum to the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in May 2025. Restoration on the former Rio Grande Southern caboose is ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Transportation Commission will provide $685 million for passenger rail and other transit projects as part of more almost $5 billion in funding announced Friday ...

Will a transcontinental merger ever get the regulatory green light? With a Norfolk Southern unit in the consist, an eastbound BNSF Z-symbol stack train nears the summit of Cajon Pass in California in ...