The Surface Transportation Board has turned down Metra’s request for the board to set conditions and compensation for Metra use of three Union Pacific routes in the Chicago area, calling the move ...

There will be less Metra UP-NW trains running starting Monday to accommodate a construction project that lasts through mid-September. Metra began a project to replace thousands of ties on the Union ...

The Surface Transportation Board on Friday, March 13, approved Union Pacific’s plans to build 6 miles of new rail line in Maricopa County, Ariz., a project that had been delayed because of concerns ...

OMAHA, Neb. - A Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger will lead to higher daily train counts on some key corridors as the railroads tie their networks together, eliminate interchanges, and take ...

A Union Pacific train derailed in Weatherford, releasing plastic pellets Thursday afternoon. The cause is under investigation.