January 23, 2026 - On January 16, the Surface Transportation Board rejected the initial merger application of Union Pacific ...

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The Surface Transportation Board (“STB” or “Board”) last Friday rejected the application filed by Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) and ...

The city of Bakersfield is preserving the historic Sumner Station for at least a few additional months, the City Council ...

Tuesday night’s commuter train crash in Barcelona — which killed one person and injured 37 — highlights the ongoing challenges of railway safety, even in developed nations.

A new luxury charter offers a personal chef for six passengers to Denver for $18,500. San Joaquin Valley trains don’t have a ...

One person was killed Wednesday after being struck by a train in Ogden. According to a press release from the Ogden City ...

According to a statement from Union Pacific, the individual was trespassing on the railroad tracks when they were struck. The ...

Improving the general public’s perception of freight and passenger rail is going to require a complex balancing act: Not only does the public need to understand and appreciate the economic and environ ...

MEXICO: Passenger services have been launched on the 175 km Line K of Mexico's Trans-Isthmus Railway between Ixtepec and ...

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern say their merger would decrease emissions-heavy truck traffic. Rail shippers argue the ...

Called emigrant trains — colonial cars in Canada — they offered low fares and even fewer luxuries, writes Joe Blackstock.