President Donald Trump took a short ride on BNSF Railway on Wednesday, July 1, as he arrived to dedicate the new Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. The short video below, released by BNSF, shows ...

The effort by Robert Primus to regain his seat on the Surface Transportation Board appears to have been dealt a fatal blow after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today (June 29) that President Donald ...

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Maersk containers ride an eastbound Union Pacific train at Lombard, Ill., on June 20, 2026. Maersk traffic has been shifting from BNSF to UP, according to RailState data. David Lassen Global container ...

No injuries were reported when a CSX train derailed in Bensalem Township, Pa., on Tuesday, June 30. Bensalem Police Department BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Thirteen cars of a 72-car CSX train derailed ...

During eastern leg of its Coast-to-Coast tour Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 makes a whistle stop in Continental, Ohio. Throughout the trip, large crowds and heavy traffic have greeted the world’s ...

Rock Island Rail will become the contract operator of 2.6 miles of track in the Watsonville, Calif., area. Rock Island via STB WASHINGTON — Shortline company Chicago Rock Island & Pacific will take ...

Burlington Route history begins with the Aurora Branch Railroad, chartered on Feb. 12, 1849, to build a line from Aurora, Ill., to a connection with the Galena & Chicago Union (forerunner of the ...

My interest in model railroading began when my dad bought a Life-Like Union Pacific train set from Toys-R-Us. My collection gradually grew from there, thanks to the unwavering support of my parents. I ...

Once we had the L-girders built, it was time to turn our attention to adding the legs and support bracing for the layout. We constructed the legs as simple subassemblies with their own cross bracing.

Barr Yard in Riverdale, Ill., shown here in August 2017, is CSX’s main carload facility in the Chicago area. Steve Smedley JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX has significantly reduced operations at Barr Yard in ...

Snapshot from the era of great passenger trains. Conductor M.R. Adams, who joined the Norfolk & Western Ry. in 1902, uses a lantern to signal the engineer of the Pocahontas. “Railroading’s a lifetime ...