Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As fans of “The Gilded Age” know, great fortunes were made by building railroads across the width of the USA. Chicago, of course, ...

SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD), the largest rail labor organization in the U.S., tells CNBC it will oppose the proposed merger between freight rails Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. The ...

The agreement comes as Union Pacific seeks federal approval for its merger with Norfolk Southern railroad. Amtrak has settled a dispute with Union Pacific over delays to one of Amtrak’s long-distance ...

Jeremy Ferguson, leader of SMART-TD, the nation's largest rail labor union, says Union-Pacific's proposed merger with Norfolk Southern will create a transcontinental rail network that introduces new ...

To make money on its proposed cross-country railroad, Union Pacific plans to double the number of trains on a 2-mile stretch of track on Chicago’s West Side where workers still throw switches by hand ...

Earlier this year two of America’s largest railroads – Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern – announced their intention to merge. If approved by the government, the combined entity would establish the ...