Earlier in the summer, the private company AmeriStarRail proposed to Amtrak a new train route that would take people from ...

A new coast-to-coast train service is being proposed that would run through the Sunflower State and give passengers a new way ...

The leader of the largest railroad labor union says the creation of a new transcontinental freight rail network will create big risks for jobs and safety.

Union Pacific acquires Norfolk Southern, forming the first U.S. transcontinental railroad. Read the latest stock analysis on ...

Union Pacific is seeking to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad ...

Two of the largest US railroads, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, announced on Tuesday a plan to combine in a $72 billion ...

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announce a landmark $85 billion merger to create America's first transcontinental railroad ...

Union Pacific has signed an agreement to buy Norfolk Southern and become America’s first transcontinental railroad, according ...

For decades, a patchwork of regional rail networks across the United States have been forced to grapple with the same ...

On May 10, 1869, the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed after nearly six years of construction, making travel and trade between the east and west coast easier than ever before. Take a ...

SEEING ‘TRANSCONTINENTAL’ “Transcontinental: People, Place, Impact” features more than 35 artists, some of whom are direct descendants of railroad workers and American Indian tribes.