The Los Angeles to Salt Lake line set the foundation for Las Vegas to connect to the country’s major rail hub of Chicago and to the rest of America.

(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 ...

Eliminating the two-person crew requirement will allow railroad productivity to keep up with the challenge of autonomous trucks.

Discover how the development of railroads revolutionized American agriculture, connecting farms to markets and reshaping rural America forever ...

ATLANTA — Union Pacific announced an $85 billion deal Tuesday to buy Norfolk Southern in a merger that could trigger the final wave of railroad mergers across the country. The deal, which will need ...

The historic Vero Beach diesel plant, home to American Icon Brewery, was once eyed as a potential Amtrak stop.

Troy had several train stations. The last three “Union Stations” were in the same location and were controlled by the Rensselaer and Saratoga (1832), Troy & Schenectady (1836), Troy & Greenbush (1845) ...