Trestles rise from the swamp when the water is low, standing as monuments to an era when a railway was the only direct route from Baton Rouge to Lafayette. And back. This was long before Interstate 10 ...
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific wants to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S, potentially triggering a final wave of rail mergers ...