On Dec. 18, an Amtrak train traveling from Seattle to Portland, Ore. derailed on a highway overpass in DuPont, Wash. So far, the accident has left at least three people dead and has injured hundreds ...

American history has always been made of the railway. It is a means of transportation and a source of economic growth, and of ...

The rapid expansion of America's railroad system in the 1800s and early 1900s was driven largely by a small group of powerful businessmen. Here we profile 12 of the most influential railroad magnates ...

Railroads are the quiet workhorses of our economy — moving the goods that keep manufacturers humming, farmers exporting, and small businesses stocked. They invest billions in infrastructure without ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Las Vegas found itself growing out of luck and good circumstances. Union Pacific finished construction of its new Los Angeles to Salt Lake City route in 1905. The halfway point ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

BALTIMORE — Following the completion of a year-long cosmetic restoration, American Freedom Train locomotive No. 1 was unveiled to the public in a special ceremony at the B&O Railroad Museum on Jan. 12 ...

That’s what’s at stake right now with the proposed merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads. Four railroad companies already control 90% of U.S. freight traffic, and this deal would ...

Two of the largest U.S. 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.