The Union Pacific Railroad used to be obsessed with power. The railroad spent decades searching for and developing one locomotive to rule them all. This search resulted in icons like the Big Boy and ...

Maury Thompson shares news from 1895 about a new railroad depot and other rail improvement projects in the region.

Progress on the restoration of a more than century old steam locomotive continues here in Sioux City thanks to help from ...

Steam fans will be flocking to the region later this month for a chance to see a selection of historic locomotives chuffing through the countryside. The Great Central Railway in Leicestershire will be ...

PITTSBURGH — Union Pacific and Wabtec have signed a $1.2 billion agreement to modernize UP AC4400 locomotives, which Wabtec ...

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania has started construction of a six-stall roundhouse for the display of its historic Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotives. Patrick Morrison, director, Railroad ...

A brick walkway near the McComb railroad display includes the names of many former Illinois Central Railroad employees, many of whom worked on trains or in the railcar repair shops that dated to the ...

U.S. Geological Survey officials reported a 3.8 magnitude earthquake happened early Tuesday near Ohlman in central Illinois. The USGS said the quake happened shortly before 1:30 a.m. about 3 miles ...

A rendering shows the new six-stall roundhouse at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Lancaster County. STRASBURG TWP., Pa. — Young and old, there's just something attention grabbing about the ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The world's largest steam engine will return to the rails in 2026. Union Pacific Railroad said Big Boy No. 4014 will return to the rails in a "big way" in honor of America's 250th ...