PORTLAND, Ore. - Oregon authorities and hazmat crews are investigating the derailment of a freight train in Portland Monday. Portland Fire and Rescue said two empty cars from a Union Pacific Train ...

BELLWOOD, Ill. (WLS) -- It's the type of crime that spans nearly two centuries, back when the railroad was first built: thieves stealing cargo from freight trains. A Union Pacific West freight train ...

A freight train derailed in Iowa, causing about three dozen cars to pile up. The freight train operated by Union Pacific derailed around 5 p.m. local time Monday east of Glidden, Iowa, Union Pacific ...

As fans of “The Gilded Age” know, great fortunes were made by building railroads across the width of the USA. Chicago, of course, was the epicenter of all that. Celebrities going from New York to ...

POCATELLO — A Union Pacific freight train derailed in the Pocatello rail yard Wednesday evening, sending several cars off the tracks. The derailment occurred around 7 p.m. in the Pocatello rail yard ...

RIVER FOREST, Ill. (WLS) -- Residents in west suburban River Forest say idling trains that sit for hours, and sometimes days, creating loud noise and releasing engine fumes are causing them to have ...

No matter how you look at it, Mark George had an eventful first year at the helm of Norfolk Southern — even setting aside the historic deal to create the first transcontinental railroad through a ...

A train collided with a vehicle in Oconomowoc Friday afternoon, injuring the driver, according to Oconomowoc police. At 12:54 p.m., the Oconomowoc Police Department was notified that a train struck a ...

Union Pacific (American railroad holding company that serves as the holding company for the Union Pacific Railroad) is now a ...