Thirty years have passed since the Union Pacific/Southern Pacific merger, which the Surface Transportation Board (STB) approved on Aug. 6, 1996, taking effect on Sept. 11, 1996. During the integration ...

Union Pacific struck a deal with Canadian National to secure that rival’s support for its proposed $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern railroad ...

Union Pacific and CN signed a binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in which they will establish a framework for CN to secure competitive access in connection with the proposed merger. And they ...

Big Boy is the largest and most powerful operating steam locomotive in the world, and FOX4 got a look in the cab.

Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, is making its way through the Midwest.

The Surface Transportation Board on July 22, granting a motion jointly filed by a several labor organizations, ordered Union ...

Big Boy is still drawing big crowds as the world's largest operating steam locomotive begins its homeward run to cap its ...

Some 144 years after Pueblo’s Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. forged its first steel rail for the Union Pacific Railroad, a new ...

At the heart of South Central Wisconsin is Madison, both a college town and the capital city of the Badger State. When it comes to model railroad clubs, what are the options both in and around “Mad ...

The Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario allows visitors to choose one of three minimally restored cabooses and spend the night ...

Union Pacific’s historic Big Boy locomotive wasn’t “just a train” to the many railroad fans who crowded the Altoona train ...