Union Pacific's famed Big Boy steam locomotive will be headed west during its "Westward Bound" summer tour. The world's ...

The Metra Electric line is named after the type of locomotive pulling the trains. And its three Union Pacific lines are named after the freight company that will soon no longer operate the line ...

Instead, this is a steam turbine, nothing like the 1920s and 30s experiments with conventional locomotives, nor even the Union Pacific’s oil-fired condensing turbo-electrics. The new idea here ...

Commuter service for thousands of Union Pacific riders is in jeopardy amid an impasse with the freight railroad over track usage, Metra leaders warned on Friday. Metra filed separate actions with ...

(UP) recently held its inaugural CEO Excellence Awards, honoring 41 employees who made tremendous strides advancing the railroad’s Safety, Service and Operational Excellence strategy. The awards ackno ...

Union Pacific Big Boy Loco Add-On The Union Pacific Railroad's Big Boy 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive is undoubtedly the beast of American railroading history, and this epitome of heavy haulage is now ...

Union Pacific Railroad Company is a premier ... increased by 2% thanks to shorter terminal dwell time. Locomotive productivity (gross ton-miles per average daily locomotive horsepower) improved ...

Union Pacific is a major U.S. railroad company with a $150B market cap, operating 32,000 miles of track across 23 states. Revenue per share has seen fluctuations, but gross profit margin and ROIC ...

OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Union Pacific Railroad and the National Conference of Firemen & Oilers (NCFO) announced a tentative agreement that will be sent to NCFO members for ratification.

Freight car velocity and fuel efficiency also saw marginal gains, enhancing Union Pacific's competitiveness through operational excellence. However, the rail company's locomotive productivity ...