A Southern Pacific rail car, now part of Rockport's museum, symbolizes the city's rich railroad legacy and future projects, ...

One of the remaining pieces of the transcontinental railroad era that helped shape the Reno-Sparks region is slated for demolition in early 2025. A historic machine shop built in 1904 by Southern ...

Union Pacific wants to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S, and potentially trigger a final wave of rail mergers across the ...

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern file a comprehensive merger application with the Surface Transportation Board to create America’s first transcontinental railroad.

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern’s STB Merger Application Details Enhancements to Competition and Public BenefitsThe Associated PressOMAHA, Nebraska & ATLANTA OMAHA, Nebraska & ATLANTA–(BUSINESS ...

A photo of the Southern Pacific Railroad as it approaches the bridge it constructed to cross the Atchafalaya River. The railroad was preceded the U.S. 10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge as a direct route ...

Time is running out for those hoping to take home a piece of Sparks railroad history. The final batch of salvaged bricks from the historic Southern Pacific Railroad machine shop will be delivered ...

On the surface, this may seem like a win-win for Americans. A video on Union Pacific’s website says the merger would create the first transcontinental railroad, which middle-school history teachers ...

At the southern end of the Kern County Museum’s Pioneer Village sits a grand turn-of-the-century steam locomotive, an impressive nod to a bygone era, that will be celebrated in July, 69 years after it ...