13+ hour, 9+ min ago   (219+ words) Rival Class I railroads and a number of short line and regional operations intend to ask the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to grant them trackage rights to various parts of a combined Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern network if the federal regulator approves…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (218+ words) Specially painted Semiquincentennial locomotives from across America are gathering at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, N.C., this weekend for what is being billed as a once-in-a-lifetime event to celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary. The America 250 Locomotive Celebration opens Friday morning…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (359+ words) GRAND PRIZE: DAVID HONAN — After an overnight run north from Pocatello, Idaho, UP’s triweekly MPCSB arrives in Dillon, Mont., as the day’s first light paints a vivid palette above the Beaverhead Valley on July 24, 2019. UP 6203 leads the train this day....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (127+ words) If approved, the combined UP-NS would stretch more than 50,000 miles and touch 43 states. The merger was first proposed in mid-2025, but the STB rejected UP’s first application as “incomplete.” The STB announced on Aug. 18 that the earliest it would make a…...