Union Pacific Railroad has notified employees in the East Texas town of Palestine that their jobs — kept in place by an 1872 ...

History is dotted with failed enterprises, especially failed railroads. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, as railroads began to crisscross the nation, hundreds of routes were proposed but ...

It was created on March 2, 1970, by the merger of the Northern Pacific Railway; the Great Northern Railway; the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad; and the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway. It ...

The Empire Builder James J. Hill and the Great Northern Railway is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire ...

A major UK train company has been slammed for appearing to be 'proud' of charging £4.20 for a two-minute journey. In response to rail fares rising by 4.6% in England and Wales at the start of this ...

I was born in Newport, Wash., in 1958 and lived in Laclede, Idaho, in Bonner County. My father worked for Great Northern Railway and was gone most of the time, usually in Montana. So my mom and I were ...

A Kansas company that owns dozens of small railroads is purchasing Owosso-based Great Lakes Central and expanding its ...

Since taking office in 2016, Sadiq Khan has consistently called for most London rail services to be handed over to Transport for London (TfL). This includes the Great Northern and Southeastern ...