The effort by Robert Primus to regain his seat on the Surface Transportation Board appears to have been dealt a fatal blow after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today (June 29) that President Donald ...

During eastern leg of its Coast-to-Coast tour Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 makes a whistle stop in Continental, Ohio. Throughout the trip, large crowds and heavy traffic have greeted the world’s ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — A 19-year-old Nebraska man has received five years of probation for an incident in which he derailed a BNSF train and recorded video of the incident. Zachary Hertzler received the ...

Rock Island Rail will become the contract operator of 2.6 miles of track in the Watsonville, Calif., area. Rock Island via STB WASHINGTON — Shortline company Chicago Rock Island & Pacific will take ...

For years the Chicago & North Western operated Chicago’s most extensive commuter service. Its three routes were designated West, North, and Northwest. Those names also serve well to group C&NW’s lines ...

Two Horizon trainsets used in Hiawatha service are coupled back-to-back in Amtrak’s Chicago coach yard Wednesday afternoon, March 26. To the left is the rear of the Lake Shore Limited equipment and ...

The Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger application highlights projected increases in traffic on the new railroad’s north-south spine, as well as planned capacity improvements. Trains.com, ...

Montana Rail Link’s westbound Gas Local rolls along the Flathead River between Perma and Dixon, Mont. Tom Danneman FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway aims to take over Montana Rail Link operations on ...

Iconic memory of Grand Trunk Western history: class U-4-b 4-8-4 No. 6406 blasts out of Durand, Mich., with train 17 on a winter day. With a dining car but no Detroit coach in the consist, the photo ...

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Twenty-three cars of a Union Pacific train, including tank cars of ethanol, derailed in Richmond, Texas, on March 18, 2026. Fort Bend County Homeland Security and Emergency Management RICHMOND, Texas ...

A New York Central J-3 Hudson gallops east at Camelot, N.Y., with train 38, the Missourian, in June 1940. The New York Central was a large railroad, and it had several subsidiaries whose identity ...