When it comes to showmanship in mainline mountain railroading, California’s Tehachapi Pass can be described as a grand ...

The biggest concern with long trains is related to derailments caused by the forces that can tear a train apart as it crosses ...

The Southern Pacific 982 was built in 1919 and has lived in Houston for much of its existence. Today, a group's entire ...

In recent months, there has been a lot of talk — and some action — about establishing a new passenger rail ... an entirely ...

Utah's Department of Transportation is exploring the possibility of an in-state passenger rail system, in addition to ...

What began as a college summer job bartending on the Northern Pacific ... passenger train became his life’s work. From the executive offices of the Denver & Rio Grande Western and Southern Pacific ...

As freight trains have grown longer ... carriers that are equipped with shock absorbers. Union Pacific said mainline ...

Katonah made up ground late to finish second in the San Diego — the traditional stepping stone to the Pacific Classic — with Express Train third. The lone out-of-state nominee for the Pacific ...

By 2021, when the report was commissioned, some trains had grown to nearly 14,000 feet, or more than 2 1/2 miles long.

Union Pacific Railroad will close a section of U.S. 95 Alternate between Silver Springs and Yerington from Sept. 21 to Sept.