Big Boy is 133 feet long and weighs 1.2 million pounds, requiring a "hinged" frame to help it get around curves.

The Wyoming Department of Transportation is updating its Statewide Rail Plan as a five-year streak of no train vs. vehicle ...

After a massive derailment near Cheyenne on Friday, the BNSF Railway was left with an enormous task — clearing more than 100 blown-over freight cars ...

After wildfires south of Cheyenne were fueled by 70 to 80 mph winds last Wednesday, a large BNSF train was blown off the ...

Regulators will decide whether a merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern would improve shipment times or stifle competition. A decision is expected in 2027. By Peter Eavis The two freight rail ...

NEW YORK, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Railroad operators Union Pacific (UNP.N), opens new tab and Norfolk Southern (NSC.N), opens new tab on Friday filed a nearly 7,000‑page merger application with the U.S.

During a recent Medicine Bow Town Council meeting, a local radio station owner asked if the town could cite a resident for a ...

The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost the support of two of their biggest unions that represent more than half their workers because they're worried ...

RIGHT NOW, INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE HOW A UNION PACIFIC TRAIN DERAILED IN THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS. THIS EXCLUSIVE VIDEO, CAPTURED BY OUR KCRA THREE DRONE, SHOWS MORE THAN A DOZEN CARS ...

Dec 17 (Reuters) - The Teamsters union said on Wednesday it opposes the proposed merger between U.S. freight railroads Union Pacific (UNP.N), opens new tab and Norfolk Southern (NSC.N), opens new tab.

Jose Fabian is a web producer for CBS Bay Area where he reports on local crime, politics and breaking news. He studied political science and journalism at Sacramento State and was born and raised in ...

A plan to build the first transcontinental freight railroad in the U.S. is putting a spotlight on a chokepoint in American rail shipping. Today, no single railroad controls tracks from the West Coast ...