Heralding the project as a step forward for both convenience and accessibility, Amtrak today (Nov. 9) marked the start of ...

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In episode 5 of the TrainsPRO Podcast, Trains Magazine Editor Bill Stephens sits down with Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena to ...

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) has renewed a call for the Surface Transportation Board to reject the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger following release of the video of UP CEO Jim Vena’s March ...

U.S. intermodal traffic set a record in October — the third straight month for record volumes as high diesel fuel costs and ...

A new Surface Transportation Board policy statement addresses the board’s view on its jurisdiction over rail transportation and the federal preemption of state or local laws. Preemption is an ongoing ...

Western Pacific FP7 805-A selected for return to service; museum CMO provides insight in getting the locomotive operating ...

The Federal Railroad Administration’s assessment of the site where Amtrak seeks to build a new Chicago maintenance facility details a long list of environmental mitigation efforts that will be ...

Service cuts by LA-area commuter rail operator Metrolink have been averted by a grant from the California State ...

BNSF Railway’s revenue and profits surged as volume increased in the third quarter, corporate parent Berkshire Hathaway reported today (Saturday, Nov. 7). The railway’s pre-tax earnings increased 18.5 ...

A CPKC locomotive still in Kansas City Southern colors and a Union Pacific locomotive lead a westbound CPKC freight at Brookfield, Wis., on July 9, 2026. UP and CPKC have new regulatory filings in the ...

Union Pacific No. 5511 was moved outside today (Nov. 6, 2026) and fired up at Silvis, Ill. Railroading Heritage of Midwest America SILVIS, Ill. — Union Pacific 2-10-2 No. 5511 was steamed up today ...