Led by robust Northeast Regional gains offsetting fewer Acela frequencies, Amtrak carried nearly 3.5 million passengers ...

Metra’s board of directors has approved a $1.2 billion operating budget for fiscal 2026, eliminating the commuter rail ...

ATLANTA — Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern today cleared their first merger hurdle as shareholders overwhelmingly backed ...

A coalition of rail and environmental groups has submitted comments to the Surface Transportation Board on the proposed Union ...

The New York Central System was a vast and legendary railroad, connecting the East Coast to the Mississippi River. A key ...

Some projects of the Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency, or CREATE, program are begun and completed ...

A detailed review of the Sunset Models 3rd Rail Siemens Charger diesel locomotive, covering both SC-44 and ALC-42 types in O ...

Big railroad mergers have often been plagued by problematic computer cutovers that lead to service meltdowns, most recently ...

Metra has been awarded $19.3 million in its suit against Union Pacific over UP’s decision not to collect fares on Metra trains during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news report. The suburban ...

A Union Pacific intermodal train heads east through Lombard, Ill., on Oct. 11, 2025. Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena this week ...

The attorneys general from nine states have asked the Surface Transportation Board to give Union Pacific’s proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern a thorough review, arguing that the merger will ...

The ongoing dispute between Metra and Union Pacific over commuter rail operations in the Chicago area was back before the ...