The two railroad giants could combine, forming the largest railroad merger in history. What does Fort Worth’s BNSF have to say about it?

Rail industry officials focused on only three topics during the opening day of the RailTrends conference: Merger, merger, and merger. Union Pacific’s proposed $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk ...

BNSF Railway has revived its efforts to serve a pair of quarries located on Union Pacific trackage in Texas and Arkansas. UP and Southern Pacific served the locations prior to UP’s 1996 acquisition of ...

In advance of the Surface Transportation Board (STB) evaluating a Union Pacific (UP)-Norfolk Southern (NS) merger application ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Crews were working to remove a freight train that derailed Wednesday afternoon in west suburban Cicero. Several cars of a BNSF Railway freight train tipped over along a set of tracks ...

A rail crossing in suburban La Grange was closed Friday afternoon after a train collided with a semitruck, according to officials. Police advise local residents to avoid the area of the crossing as an ...

BNSF and TXNW Railway celebrate the completion of an $8.2 million project to rebuild, reconfigure, and extend an interchange in Texas. Also, Union Pacific (UP) recognizes Tehachapi, Calif., as the ...

DALLAS (AP) – Three crew members were missing and one was hurt Tuesday after a head-on train collision in the Texas Panhandle that caused several box cars to erupt in flames and led authorities to ...

Union Pacific’s plan could mean less congestion and pollution, but neighborhoods near tracks could experience more commuting ...

Pedestrian killed by freight train near Washington Street in Downers Grove. Tips? Call Metra Police at 312-322-2800.