OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific is seeking to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S, and potentially trigger a final wave of rail ...

Just more than a year after a massive derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train led to the release of tank cars full of toxic chemicals and increased attention to the issue of railroad safety, ...

The merger would create the United States’ first coast-to-coast rail network, spanning 50,000 miles and 43 states. By Peter Eavis Union Pacific, a freight rail giant, announced on Tuesday that it had ...

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in merger talks to create the largest railroad in North America that would connect the East and West Coasts. The merger discussions began during the first ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – Trains moving through Virginia could be shorter, not allowed to block traffic for too long and need at least two workers on board if a renewed proposal gets signed into law. Del ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) — The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority announced Tuesday that it is in discussions with Norfolk Southern Corporation to purchase the Manassas Line and look into options for ...