Locomotives in the scrapyard Sitting switchers The switcher is a rapidly-dying species on American railroads. Pushed out of ...

The documentary about Council Bluffs is fifth in the “Historic Buildings of Iowa” series. The series has covered Des Moines, ...

The photograph shows a crowd of workers and officials from the railroad’s two companies — the Central Pacific from California and the Union Pacific from Nebraska ... included the California State ...

As the Union Pacific built its railroad across the West, one of its track-end towns became infamous for being a violent, ...

A promised documentary from Iowa PBS about the historical buildings in Council Bluffs will air statewide later this month, ...

The Inland Northwest Rail Museum is hosting its annual "Haunted Train" event tonight, blending Halloween festivities with a ...

"We approached that museum and asked them if they would give the locomotive ... "This locomotive shares the proud accomplishments of the last nearly 160 years of Union Pacific Railroad." The tour ...

Take the train from Cripple Creek Our list of 10 must-see Colorado railroad attractions starts with a trip back in time. Railroads arrived in the mining town of Cripple Creek in 1893, and today the ...

When Union Pacific Railroad bought Chicago & North Western Railroad in 1995, it inherited the contract to operate what are now the three “Union Pacific” lines on Metra’s behalf. But, for the past ...

Union Pacific, on its Q3 earnings call, quantified the surge in international intermodal at 33%. Rail networks hate surprises, and this is a historically big one. Below you can see what it’s done to ...